{"id":29833,"date":"2020-09-30T18:31:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=29833"},"modified":"2020-09-30T18:31:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:31:39","slug":"top-health-benefits-of-squash-and-how-to-prepare-and-eat-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=29833","title":{"rendered":"Top Health Benefits of Squash and How to Prepare and Eat It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Squash.jpg\" alt=\"Squash\" class=\"wp-image-29834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Squash.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Squash-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The word \u201csquash\u201d comes from the Narragansett Native American word askutasquash, which means \u201ceaten raw or uncooked.\u201d This is because there are many kinds of squash, such as zucchini, that could safely be consumed without cooking. But whether eaten raw or cooked, the flesh and seeds provided carbohydrates, healthy fats, and a rich source of micronutrients. The hard-rinded winter squash could also be hollowed out and dried, and then used to transport water or other food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-food-revolution-network\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sDczKqcZJy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foodrevolution.org\/blog\/health-benefits-of-squash\/\">Top Health Benefits of Squash + How to Prepare and Eat It<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Top Health Benefits of Squash + How to Prepare and Eat It&#8221; &#8212; Food Revolution Network\" src=\"https:\/\/foodrevolution.org\/blog\/health-benefits-of-squash\/embed\/#?secret=hsUJJjnFPp#?secret=sDczKqcZJy\" data-secret=\"sDczKqcZJy\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word \u201csquash\u201d comes from the Narragansett Native American word askutasquash, which means \u201ceaten raw or uncooked.\u201d This is because there are many kinds of squash, such as zucchini, that could safely be consumed without cooking. But whether eaten raw or cooked, the flesh and seeds provided carbohydrates, healthy fats, and a rich source of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=29833\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top Health Benefits of Squash and How to Prepare and Eat It&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29835,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29833\/revisions\/29835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}