Such an easy and healthy dinner tonight!
I love it when those two things go hand-in-hand!
On Saturday, I peeled and sliced up a butternut squash, thinking I would use it in a recipe I clipped out for our Friendsgiving feast, but we ended up having so much food that the butternut squash went unused.
Fortunately all that slicing and dicing paid off when I went to use the squash today and didn’t have to do any prep work!
I tossed the butternut squash cubes in a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper and dried rosemary before roasting them at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.
While the squash was in the oven, I sautéed several apple chicken sausage links on the stove top before slicing them up and adding them to my bowl of squash.
Moley Walk
After dinner, Ryan and I took Sadie on a walk around the neighborhood and chatted with one of our neighbors about a mole problem that is plaguing many of the surrounding houses.
Side note: I had no idea what a mole actually looked like until I did a Google image search! Their hands totally creep me out, but their little snouts are kind of cute!
Anyway, moles are currently digging up the lawns of many houses in our neighborhood, including ours. The moles don’t really bother me as long as they don’t find a way inside like our previous unwelcome guests. (I shudder just thinking about that old apartment.)
As I was looking for pictures of moles, I read a few random facts about them that I found oddly interesting and I figured some of you out there might be amused by these little informational nuggets as well:
- Moles tunnel under lawns at speeds of 10 to 14 feet per hour.
- Mole tunnels produce little volcano mounds on top of the lawn while tunnels produced by voles remain unseen.
- Moles are insectivores, not rodents, and are related to shrews and bats, not mice.
- Moles eat 70 – 100 percent of their bodyweight each day.
And that concludes a totally random blog post.
Holy Moley!
P.S. Anyone else think of Austin Powers whenever they hear the word “mole?”
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Ew. Moles are kind of creepy.
Question for you – when you make meals like the one in this post, does Ryan eat them with you, or does he want something more “substantial” (in quotes because I think that meal is plenty!)? I only ask because my hubs always thinks meals are certain things, and so we struggle to eat together sometimes because of it.
we typically eat the exact same thing for dinner… he just eats more of it!
You NEED to see a picture of a star-nosed mole. Google it- Yikes!
Ew, I didn’t realize moles looked like that! Their hands creep me out too. I think I would die if I saw one in my house! Ick!
Your dinner looks delicious. I love chicken apple sausages and butternut squash is great. I like the idea of eating both of them together. 🙂
I always think of Austin Powers when someone’s talking about moles.
Which makes me think about the Moley Russel’s Wart scene in Uncle Buck, ha ha ha!
Very cute and like you say kind of creepy! Love having roasted butternut squash at the ready. Favourite vegetable and so handy for throwing a delicious meal together.
Wow I had never seen an actual picture of a mole before they are CREEPY looking, those nails looks killer!!!!
Suasuage + Butternut Squash is seriously one of my fave combos ever. Very hubby friendly too with the sausage! Also I’ve never seen a mole up close before until the pic on your blog and OMG – I am seriously distrubed now. THOSE HANDS! Blegh
we had a mole in our house when I was younger thanks to my dog. I saw it on the carpet and asked my mom when she got her a mouse toy and that’s when my mom started screaming and ran around in circles.
you can get rid of them by putting a piece of chewed up juicy fruit in the holes.
Your dinner looks great. I’ve never had chicken sausage before; I should probably pick some up!
Oh those moles! My dad swears that throwing used coffee grinds in the yard gets rid of them.
I’m inspired by your dinner and will be recreating that tonight in my own kitchen!
The Austin Powers reference actually didn’t hit me until you mentioned it, and then I couldn’t stop laughing. love it!
When I saw this post title, all I could think of was “Moley moley moley moley” Haha. The fact that you mentioned it at the end is just one reason why I love reading your blog : )
Have you google imaged naked mole rats? My sister surprised me with a lovely image of one – it’s as creepy as a mole x 100.