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Slow-Cooked Summer Squash with Lemon and Thyme

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Roasted slices of yellow squash and zucchini with thyme sprigs and half head of garlic in white oval baking dish on...
Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Claire Saffitz

Cooking summer squash low and slow yields sweet, nutty, tender—but not mushy—results. They fold into pasta beautifully, but that’s just one of many ways to use them.

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