Cooking Blog - Penne with Roasted Squash

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A very simple but very tasty dinner:

1. Roast a butternut squash
   
   1. Cut in quarters lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds.
      
   2. Place on baking sheet and season with salt/pepper/random.
      
   3. Bake for 45min at 350F. You should be able to easily stick a fork in the meat.
      
2. Cut half the squash into chunks (2cm ish). Save the rest for something else. It makes a nice side dish on its own.
   
3. Boil some Penne and cook until al dente.
   
4. In a high-walled pan, fry the squash chunks and 3 cloves of coarsely minced garlic with about 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Cook over medium to high heat until outsides of the chunks of squash are crispy.
   
5. Add the pasta and and toss with a generous amount of parmesan or romano cheese.
   
6. Eat.