DollopWhat to make with butternut squash: 18 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on butternut squash, easiest first. The quickest is Instant Pot butternut squash mac and cheese, on the table in 25 minutes, and the cheapest is Instant Pot butternut squash mac and cheese at $1.47 a serving. Seven of them are simple enough for a first try.
Instant Pot butternut squash mac and cheese
$1.47 a serving
25 min
Filipino coconut chickpeas with squash (ginataan)
$2.57 a serving
35 min
Roasted butternut squash tacos with black beans
$3.00 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan balsamic Brussels sprouts and butternut squash with white beans
$3.77 a serving
45 min
Slow cooker butternut squash risotto
$3.18 a serving
135 min
Slow cooker Thai butternut squash curry
$3.49 a serving
370 min
Slow cooker butternut squash pasta
$3.09 a serving
380 min
Thai stir-fried squash with egg (fak thong pad kai)
$3.00 a serving
30 min
Butternut squash and ground beef skillet
$3.22 a serving
40 min
Butternut squash and goat cheese pizza with sage
$3.89 a serving
50 min
Roasted squash and chickpea Buddha bowls
$3.37 a serving
50 min
Rotisserie chicken dhansak (chicken and lentil curry)
$3.23 a serving
50 min
Sheet pan gnocchi with butternut squash and sage
$3.18 a serving
50 min
Vegetarian pinakbet (Filipino vegetable sauté with tofu)
$3.30 a serving
50 min
Japanese vegetable curry (yasai kare)
$3.34 a serving
55 min
Sheet pan chicken and butternut squash
$2.80 a serving
55 min
Roasted butternut squash soup
$2.04 a serving
80 min
Butternut squash lasagna
$2.05 a serving
110 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.
Dinners from what you already have
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