Healthy Diet

Go for Butternut Squash

Its sweet, nutty taste and nutrition superstar status give oomph to desserts, soups, and stir-fries.

Christina Schmidhofer

Sweet Squash with Walnuts

Build a parfait of baked butternut squash topped with walnuts and crème fraiche. This elegant, five-ingredient dessert shows that butternut squash is more than a side dish.

Recipe: Sweet Squash with Walnuts

James Carrier

Oven-roasted Fall Vegetables

Roasting butternut squash brings out its sweet, pumpkin-like flavor. Serve with pork tenderloin or pot roast.

Recipe: Oven-roasted Fall Vegetables

Butternut Squash Spice Cake

Adding butternut squash to this cake keeps it moist. Keep it on hand as a healthy afternoon snack or breakfast cake.

Recipe: Butternut Squash Spice Cake

Fresh Vegetable Penne

Boost the nutrition power of a pasta side dish by coating penne pasta with roasted, puréed butternut squash.

Recipe: Fresh Vegetable Penne

Randy Mayor; Cindy Barr

Pork and Squash Stir-Fry

Add cubed butternut squash to a classic stir-fry. It's easy, quick, and impressive enough to serve guests.

Recipe: Pork and Squash Stir-Fry

Beef-and-Butternut Squash Chili

Not only do the beef and vegetables add hearty, rich flavor to the chili, they also make it high in zinc, B-vitamins, vitamin C, and vitamin A.

Recipe: Beef-and-Butternut Squash Chili

Randy Mayor; Lydia DeGaris-Pursell

Butternut Squash-White Bean Soup

This quintessential fall soup uses butternut squash to impart a rich, creamy texture. Top with toasted pumpkin seeds.

Recipe: Butternut Squash-White Bean Soup

Becky Luigart-Stayner

Harvest Pie

Butternut squash stands in for pumpkin in this pie, which received Cooking Light's highest Test Kitchens rating.

Recipe: Harvest Pie

Lee Harrelson

Butternut Squash-Leek Soup

Simple and wholesome, this soup highlights the natural essence of butternut squash. The added head of garlic gives it a rich, deep flavor.

Recipe: Butternut Squash-Leek Soup