Recipe: Gubbo's Squash Dressing

Fresh squash!

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Mr. Big Food says, "This is one of my favorite veggie dishes. It came from Gubbo, my uncle’s mother. Try it on your hoidie-toidie friends and see how they like real down-home cookin’."

GUBBO’S SQUASH DRESSING

½ C onion, chopped fine

½ C green pepper, chopped fine

½ C celery, chopped fine

3 Tbsp butter or margarine

6 servings corn bread (preferably homemade—see recipes in Baked Goods section—but 1 package Jiffy corn bread, prepared according to package directions, will do in a pinch)

1 C milk

½ of a 10 ½ oz can cream of chicken soup, undiluted

3 C cooked yellow squash, drained

Salt and black pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 400^o. Sauté onions, green pepper, and celery in butter in a large saucepan until tender. Crumble cornbread and add to vegetables. Mix well. Stir in milk, soup, squash, and salt and pepper, mixing well. Pour into a greased 13x9 inch baking dish with sides. Bake uncovered for 50 minutes.