This is the second of ten consecutive days of reviews of the things Nina and I tried at our all-Trader-Joe's Thanksgiving meal.
I had never noticed this item in the store, but a couple of weeks ago my friend Jessica Welman gave me a heads-up that I should try it, so I decided to include it in our Thanksgiving feast.
I'm glad I did. I'm kind of so-so on squash generally, but it turns out that if you add cheese and a sweet/nutty crunchy topping, it's great! I definitely liked it better than the butternut squash and spinach gratin that we had a week or so ago.
Once again, Trader Joe's cook times are on the low side. I gave it 5 minutes more in the oven than recommended, and it still wasn't hot and needed some last-minute microwaving before serving.
Will I buy it again?
Yes. It's an excellent side dish to the fake-turkey roast reviewed yesterday.
Nina's View
There were a couple of mild annoyances with this dish. It had frozen in a
sloshed position, so the cookie crumble topping was unevenly distributed. It
needed extra heating (I'm not sure the TJ's timing is to blame here. Bob's oven
was filled with stuff, and this was crammed up against other dishes. That means
it probably didn't get the proper air circulation for heating through), but it
had dried out in the oven, so it was a little chewer/tougher than it ought to
be. The flavors were nice.
Due to cheese content, I won't be buying this, but it was a nice side dish
for our meal.
I baked it in an Advantium on oven setting and it crisped up great with a little burnt cheese at the edges. Husband liked it too. We also had several TJs items at our Thanksgiving including pumpkin mochi, pumpkin macarons and the pumpkin cheesecake (which was really good).
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