Ingredients:
1 large acorn squash
salt and pepper to taste
4 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup Cinnamon Infused Simple Syrup 
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut squash in half, scrape out seeds, Divide butter and syrup into squash centers. Salt and pepper and bake for 1 hour.

*Daddy Cook's Cream Spinach* 

1   lb                Frozen spinach
8   oz               Sour cream
3   cloves         Garlic, minced
1   small          Onion, diced small
                         Salt and Pepper to taste

Cook spinach according to directions; drain thoroughly (should be very dry).  Sauté onion and garlic in 1-tablespoon butter.  Combine spinach, sautéed onion and garlic and sour cream, stirring well to incorporate.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  This recipe is used in Daddy Cook’s Italian Potato Salad or can be served as a side dish.
To serve as a side dish pour creamed spinach in glass ovenproof bowl, top with ½ cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese and broil until cheese in melted and golden.

*Italian Potato Salad* 

4-5   med    Gold Potatoes
½     cup      Daddy Cook’s Italian Balsamic Mustard Blend
1      large   Tomato (firm and chopped)
¾     cup      Cream Spinach (recipe to follow)
                     Salt and Pepper to taste

Boil potatoes, drain and cool.  Dice potatoes; add cream spinach, mustard blend, tomato, salt and pepper.  Mix well.  Can be served warm and cold.