Our best healthy squash recipes
Winter squash and pumpkin add flavour, colour and tons of nutrition to your meals. Try these healthy squash recipes to boost your intake—and share your own favourites in the comments.
Penne with Roasted Squash and Sausage
You’ll love this delicious and flavourful dish. When the squash is
puréed with extra-virgin olive oil, it has a very creamy consistency—no
need to include any fattening cream. The rest of the flavour in this
dish comes from the simple combination of roasted garlic, sage, feta
cheese and sausage.
Roasted Cherry Butternut Squash
Rehydrated dried cherries turn simple roasted butternut squash into a special side dish.
Butternut Squash Gratin
Hiding inside a butternut squash’s skin is dense, mildly sweet orange
flesh that’s an excellent source of disease-battling beta carotene. A
big butternut can be a bit tricky to cut up; you’ll do best with a
large, sturdy chef’s knife.
Squash, Ricotta and Sage Gnocchi
There are numerous versions of gnocchi. Here a flour-based dough of
ricotta cheese and mashed squash, flavoured with sage and Parmesan
cheese, is used. A colourful roasted red pepper and onion sauce
completes the dish.
Squash and Chickpea Stew
The orange colour of squash signals beta carotene, a plant pigment
that’s a potent disease-fighter. And this is a meatless stew, so the
total fat content is minimal. Like all good stews, this is a fine
make-ahead recipe.
Spiced Pumpkin Tea Bread
Here’s a delicious, richly coloured tea bread that is moist enough to
eat without butter. It makes a great addition to a healthy lunchbox,
being rich in essential antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.
Roasted Vegetable and Pasta Bake
A hearty vegetarian dish packed with flavour, this selection of
vegetables—butternut squash, asparagus and leeks—is roasted in garlicky
olive oil, then tossed with chunky pasta shapes and a cheese sauce.
Winter Squash Bread
This moist, spicy bread is a perfect foil for almost any soup, from cream of tomato to fish chowder.
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