Smoked butternut squash with burrata and balsamic glaze

[hollrusl]

I’ve never been a sides guy. I’ve always been so heavily focused on nailing the protein that I didn’t care about the sides. Recently I’ve been working to change that. The right sides can really bringa meal together.

Tonight I grilled some filets. I also added a grilled corn and avocado salad along with this delicious smoked butternut squash! The right sudes to complement the meal make the protein even better! And everything can be done right there on your pit boss.

 

[Upinmygrill]

Nice! Butternut squash always reminds me of when I was a kid in the mid 70’s.

One of our friends who owned a farm and helped reduce the losses huge herds of deer put on the cranberry bogs always put us kids to work taking bag after bag of rotting butter squash to a spot to draw them away from the bogs crops. There’s nothing like having bees all over and around you while carrying bags of rotten squash to a spot deep in the woods haha I never got a bee sting either haha

I didn’t mind cause he fed us good stuff like raw and steamed cherry clams, fresh corn from his crops, butter nut squash like you have there and some of the best venison I’ve ever had. Oh and the flounder was killer as well.