BIZZY BAKES

This is the location of my grandson's wedding.  It was held outside high up in the California mountains.  That is just one of the distant views.  It was majestic. We flew to California, Thursday night, arriving in CA at 4:00 AM, our time, 1:00 AM, in California, to find a line of about 75 people waiting for cars and no cars available.  Yes, we had a reservation and so did everyone else.  The people working there, were rude, and would not give us the number of another car rental.  That was the start of an interesting few days. We got ourselves to another car rental, got a car and went off to out hotel.  With GPS, this should have been easy but it took us to the wrong place.  When we finally located the right place, we did not see a hotel.  This must be one of the smaller hotels around since it didn't look much different than the stores surrounding it. We checked in and then had to wait for one of the employees to move another car so we...

Sunday was a fast day and I completely forgot to make something to break the fast with.  Although, I had nothing to eat nor drink, all day, I was busy preparing for the school week and I never felt hungry. Suddenly, the sky darkened and I panicked.  I knew, leftovers sat in the kitchen and the worse scenario would be to eat them.  Usually, we eat dairy or soup after a fast and I decided, Superwoman was being called upon and she came through. I had a butternut squash in the refrigerator.  Whisked it out and cleaned it and as quick as a wink, I "roasted" it, in my microwave.  It took about ten minutes.   While it was "roasting", I cut up the onions and put them in a pan with and olive oil.  Then, I pretty much followed directions, up until the part about simmering it.  No simmering for us and it was fine.  I did cut out the water to keep the flavor.  I suggest following Ina's directions unless you too, are racing against time....