How to Use butternut squash in a Sentence

butternut squash

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  • Jake served beef Wellington with maple butter parsnip puree paired with butternut squash soup.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Ideally, starchy carbs come from veggie sources, like sweet potatoes and butternut squash, or whole grains, like brown rice and quinoa.
    — Samantha Cassetty, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Turn roasted squash into a sweet and smooth butternut squash puree by simply blending in a food processor.
    — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Veggie sides include butternut squash quinoa, zesty carrot salad, red cabbage, and carmelized onions.
    — al, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The menu includes family-style tea sandwiches, butternut squash soup, scones and desserts.
    — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Rancho Gordo beans, the king of heirloom bean purveyors, are cloaked in a sweet butternut squash sauce.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Leave the gourds to your butternut squash side dish this year and take them out of the centerpiece, swapping in decoupage plates (that look good enough to eat) instead.
    — Sara Rodrigues and Robert Rufino, House Beautiful, 8 Nov. 2019
  • When summer squash isn’t in season, use zucchini or even butternut squash, which will become tender in the same time if cut into ¼-inch-thick pieces.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Start Thanksgiving dinner off right with a cozy Instant Pot fall soup, full of fall's fave (butternut squash!).
    — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Great choices include Brussels sprouts, parsnips, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, red potatoes, and wild mushrooms.
    — Robin Miller, azcentral, 27 Oct. 2019
  • In Boca Raton served with quinoa, wild rice, raisins, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, pumpkin seeds, apples, fennel and goat cheese.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The season dictates their support system: a field of sweet corn in summer followed by creamy butternut squash, fleshy mushrooms and smoky broccoli florets as the leaves started to turn color.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Kale salad in Delray Beach served with pomegranate, butternut squash, carrots, parsnips, pumpkin seeds and brown butter vinaigrette.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Nearly everything at these stands is grown at the family farm, including sweet corn, beefsteak tomatoes, butternut squash, peppers, onions, eggplants, and pumpkins.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • New offerings, featuring autumnal ingredients such as beets, sea buckthorn, butternut squash and pomegranate, run the gamut from starters to desserts to craft cocktails.
    — Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • For the holiday, Jack Pandl's will have a turkey dinner that includes soup or salad, choice of potato or butternut squash and stuffing ($23).
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Here's how it's done: Peel and halve your butternut squash, then scoop out the seeds.
    — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The park’s namesake is the 360-acre Devil’s Lake, which is shaped like a butternut squash.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
  • Make Ahead: The bulgur can be soaked and the butternut squash roasted up to 5 days in advance.
    — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Put the butternut squash and potato in a pot and add water to cover.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
  • We will be overrun with butternut squash in a few weeks.
    — Washington Post, 30 July 2021
  • The winner was the pie pumpkin, followed by the butternut squash.
    — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Couldn’t even taste the turkey, butternut squash, or much else.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Add the sausage, onion, butternut squash and green beans spreading out in one layer.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
  • All can make short work of a coconut, a butternut squash, or a chicken in need of a spatchcock.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Add the beans, roasted butternut squash and stir to combine.
    — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Fall and winter are the best seasons for butternut squash recipes.
    — Alexa Tucker, SELF, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Or use butternut squash, which will make four to six servings.
    — oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Use a melon baller to scoop out two eyes from a butternut squash; reserve.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 12 Aug. 2022
  • They were served with au gratin potatoes, oyster mushrooms and butternut squash.
    — Kynala Phillips, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024

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