Not only comforting, squash is also the ultimate survival food, claims Chef Shelley. “With no blemishes, one can keep six to eight months,” she says. “I could survive any natural disaster if I had squash in my house.” For her spaghetti-squash dish, the chef advises mixing the stringy strands very gently with the other ingredients, “so the garlic and spices are dispersed but you don’t turn the mixture into mush.”

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