Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese
The first time I made butternut squash mac and cheese,
Oven-made dishes from casseroles to roasted veggies and sweet treats.
The first time I made butternut squash mac and cheese,
There’s this smell – warm and dark and sweet, kind
I still remember the smell—warm, earthy, sweet, just a little
It smells nutty the moment you open the oven –
It’s late afternoon, the kind where the sun tucks itself
so, picture this: it’s a late afternoon, gently chilly outside,
They smell like Saturday afternoons in late autumn—warm, a little
The smell is what always gets me first – that
The scent of cinnamon and butter hitting a warm oven
Steam curling up from the crust, all buttery and golden-crackled