Six Delicious (and Healthy!) Ways to Prepare Pumpkin and Butternut Squash.
Did you know that pumpkin has more than TWO HUNDRED PERCENT of your recommended daily intake of Vitamin A?
And since Vitamin A is fat-soluble, it’s much better to get it from your foods rather than a synthetic, manmade supplement. In short, pumpkins are not just for carving! A little pumpkin goes a long way in supporting a strong, healthy immune system.
Here are six ways to prepare pumpkin and butternut squash.
Grate butternut squash into salads and stir-frys.
Add butternut squash to mashed potatoes, or as a topping to cottage pie in lieu of mashed potatoes.
Both pumpkin and butternut squash are delicious when roasting with broth, avocado oil, cinnamon sticks, fresh rosemary sprigs, and fresh orange slices. (We love cutting butternut squash in half and then filling the cavity with delicious, flavorful lentils or quinoa and veggie salad.)
Both pumpkin and butternut square make for a delicious soup when cooking in broth and coconut milk.
Butternut squash is delicious when cubed and added to stews, curries, and dahl.
Pumpkins puree works great in pies, cookies, pancakes, muffins, overnight oats, and chia seed pudding.
