Its no secret that I'm a great lover of butternut squash. Its so delicious, full of vitamins and best of all you can eat so much volume of it for the same number of grams of carbs. For example, 400 grams of raw butternut squash has 168 calories, 0g fat, 33.2g carbs and 4.4g protein (also contains 1,400mg potassium, 6.4g fibre, 850% of your daily Vit A, 140% daily Vit C, 16% daily calcium and 12% daily iron) To say it is good for you would be an understatement!!
My favourite way of cooking squash is to roast it in the oven. As I measure all my food raw (much more accurate due to water content) it can get a little complicated when preparing a full squash, so this is what I do....
Wrap up the portions and then keep in the fridge or freezer.
My favourite way of cooking squash is to roast it in the oven. As I measure all my food raw (much more accurate due to water content) it can get a little complicated when preparing a full squash, so this is what I do....
- Pre-heat oven to 250 c
- Cut squash into 100g portions
- Spray baking tray lightly and place the portions on the tray (making sure you know what 1 portion is)
- Spray again lightly, you can also add any herbs or spices at this point
- Place trays in the oven for around 10 mins, turn the pieces over
- Back in the oven for another 10 mins and DONE! (keep an eye as all ovens and squash is different!)
Wrap up the portions and then keep in the fridge or freezer.