This is a quick and easy side (it only has 3 ingredients!) if you have a Trader Joe’s near you. I buy the pre-cut butternut squash and steamed baby beets from them. If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s a lot of grocery stores also sell these items. You can also buy a whole butternut squash, peel and cut it into 1 inch cubes. Click here for an easy recipe for oven-steamed beets.
Tonight I served this side dish with turkey burgers, fresh fruit and a tomato and cucumber salad. (Farm fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.)
Roasted Butternut Squash with Beets and Walnuts
1 package of pre-cut butternut squash or 1 whole butternut squash peeled and cut into 1 in cubes
3 baby beets, thinly sliced
1/4 cup walnuts, toasted
2 T olive oil
coarse salt and pepper, to taste
1. Arrange squash in a single layer on a tray and coat in olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake at 400 for 25 min.
2. During the last 5 min of baking, added the walnuts to toast them.
3. combine sliced beets, cooked butternut sqush and walnuts in a large bowl and mix.
Enjoy!
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