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How to Roast Acorn Squash

Filling, healthy, and easy to make, roasted acorn squash is the perfect ingredient for meal preps or as a side dish! Here's how to roast acorn squash!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Side Dish , Others

Ingredients

  • 2 acorn squash
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
For a sweet acorn squash
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp butter
For a more savoury scorn squash
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

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  1. Heat oven to 400F.
  2. Wash and pat dry the acorn squash.
  3. Cut the acorn squash in half, from stem to bottom.
  4. Scoop out the inside of the acorn squash.
  5. Lightly brush the insides with a bit of olive oil
  6. Roast for 40 minutes, cut side up.
For a sweeter acorn squash:
  1. At the 20 minute mark, add a tbsp of butter and maple syrup to the middle of the squash. Let the mixture melt in the oven for a minute then using brush the entire cut side of the squash with the mixture.
For a more savoury acorn squash:
  1. At the 20 minute mark, brush on more olive oil, and sprinkle on some salt and pepper
  2. Serve as is when ready or stuff with your choice of stuffing.

Notes

  • If you want to step it up a notch, to make the savoury acorn squash more fancy as a stand alone side dish for the holidays, I'd suggest at the 30 minute mark, add onto the acorn squash a mixture of olive oil, grated parmesan, and herbs of your choice.
  • To make the sweet acorn squash slightly fancier, you can sprinkle on cinnamon and nutmeg at the 30 minute mark.
  • The seeds that you scooped out earlier can be treated like pumpkin seeds and be roasted.