Healthy Butternut Squash Recipes
Find the answers to how this classic fall vegetable can fit into your healthy diet, what its nutritional value is – with healthy butternut squash recipes to try out too!
With the carbs in butternut squash often being a concern for veggie-lovers trying the keto diet, can it really be a part of this lifestyle, or do you have to suck it up and say goodbye to those beautiful “keto” butternut squash recipes forever?
Not necessarily.
After doing some research, we’ve found out exactly how this vegetable can fit into your diet and all the nutritional benefits it provides. Before writing off butternut squash forever, read some more and make a more informed decision!
This vegetable is rich in antioxidants which is essential for long-term health and vitality.
Even though it is higher in carbohydrates, it can be included in your diet if it’s done in a way that’s intentional. Stick to your daily ratio and make your keto butternut squash recipes an occasional treat!
Butternut squash is considered a “starchy vegetable” because of its higher carbohydrate content. However, it’s not as high in starch as white potatoes, for example, and can carefully be incorporated into a keto diet if desired.
There are many different methods to prepare this delicious veggie! Whatever kitchen appliances you have will be sufficient. You can roast them, microwave them or saute them.
For the most part, it’s not a keto friendly/keto approved ingredient in most strict dieters’ books, because of how many net carbs there are in butternut squash – approximately 13-15 per cup (which is definitely not ideal). What you eat in the rest of the day as well as what other ingredients are present in your butternut recipe plays a role in whether or not it’s going to work for your diet.
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The squash chicken skillet is the recipe I’ll be making for sure! great list!