Best Butternut Squash Recipes

5 from 7 votes

Best Butternut Squash Recipes

These easy butternut squash recipes will have you loving the versatility of fall's favorite vegetable. Especially when you stuff it with this savory, apple sausage filling!

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: butternut squash recipes

Servings: servings

Author: Lisa Bryan

Ingredients

2 ½ pound butternut squash
1 tablespoon avocado oil or olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
½ pound Italian sausage
½ onion diced
3 garlic cloves minced
2 cups (lightly packed) baby spinach
1 apple diced
1 tablespoon fresh sage finely chopped
½ tablespoon fresh rosemary finely chopped
⅓ cup dried cranberries unsweetened
¼ cup pecans chopped

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Instructions

Preheat your oven to 400F (200F). Slice the butternut squash in half with a very sharp knife.
Scoop the seeds out of the butternut squash with a spoon. Then lightly brush oil on each butternut squash halve and season with salt and pepper.
Lay the butternut squash, cut side down on a baking sheet and bake for 40-45 minutes.
While the butternut squash is cooking, add the sausage to a saute pan on medium heat. Use a spatula to break up the sausage and cook until it's just browned.
Add the onions, garlic and baby spinach to the pan and stir for 2-3 minutes, or until the spinach is wilted. Then add the apple, sage and rosemary and cook for another 2-3 minutes, or until the apple has softened slightly.
Turn off the heat and stir in the cranberries and pecans.
When the butternut squash halves are cooked through, remove them from the oven, flip them over and remove some of the flesh to make room for the filling.
Fill the butternut squash with the apple sausage filling.
Turn the top broiler on the oven and bake the filled butternut squash for 5 minutes, or until they're golden on top. Serve immediately.

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