Creamy Butternut Squash Sauce:
This Creamy Butternut Squash Sauce recipe is a slightly modified version from my friend Megan Kelly. She has an incredible site Renewing All Things – Biblically Based Health, Nutrition and Lifestyle specializing in neurobiology, healing, and mental health.
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Butternut Squash Sauce
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Yield 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 medium butternut squash
- 2 tbsps. of grass-fed butter
- 1 can of full-fat organic coconut milk
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp. of turmeric
- Pink salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions:
Step #1: Preheat oven to 375. Cut squash in half and scoop out seeds.
Step #2: Either place the squash on a baking dish and drizzle 1 tablespoon butter on it along with the garlic cloves and roast until soft or peel with a vegetable peeler and cut into chunks and place on baking sheet and drizzle 1 tablespoon butter on it with garlic and roast until soft.
Step #3: Transfer squash and garlic into blender, add addition tablespoon butter along with coconut milk and blend until smooth.
Step #4: Put in a bowl and add in turmeric, salt and pepper and mix. If you add the turmeric during the blending phase, the turmeric may stain the blender yellow. L
Step #5: Add more/less liquid depending on how thick you want the sauce.
Step #6: Add sauce to meat, vegetables, or gluten free pasta.
***Nutritional info does not include optional ingredients. ***
***The nutrition info for this recipe is based on the linked ingredients above**
Notes
***The nutrition info for this recipe is based on the linked ingredients above**
Courses Side Dish
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/2 cup
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 161 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 17 g | 26% | |
Total Carbohydrates 4 g | 1% | |
Dietary Fiber 0.5 g | 2% | |
Protein 1 g | 2% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Megan’s Comments:
What started out to be butternut squash mash ‘potatoes’ quickly turned into a delicious sauce as I kept adding more coconut milk and realized it started looking like a creamy dressing. I was making zucchini noodles with broccoli and ground turkey that night and had the idea or pouring this creation all over.
Verdict: We loved it! It looks like a cheese sauce and brings beautiful color and sweet taste and texture to our ‘pasta’ dish! If you have any kind of squash around (acorn, butternut, pumpkin) add some coconut milk and make yourself one healthy dip/sauce that you can enjoy with a smile!
You can make the sauce sweet by adding cinnamon, butter, and honey to it OR savory by adding garlic, salt/pepper, and even some curry spice would be fantastic!
Dr Jockers Comments:
This is a tasty, nutritious recipe that provides a great cream sauce for veggies, meat and pasta alternatives. Butternut squash is higher in carbohydrate, but this recipe is loaded with good fats in grass-fed butter and coconut milk.
The good fats lower the negative effects of the carbohydrates. You can also add in a bit of cinnamon to improve blood sugar regulation even more.
This recipe is also loaded with vitamin A in both the squash and the grass-fed butter. The butter is rich in conjugated linoleic acid which strengthens the body’s immune system and improves fat burning. Additionally, grass-fed butter is rich in butyric acid which helps to heal leaky gut syndrome by feeding the enterocytes of the intestine and reducing inflammation throughout the body.
Garlic is a potent anti-microbial that has profound anti-inflammatory effects in the body. Turmeric is perhaps the most powerful anti-inflammatory herb on the planet. This recipe is great for the heart, liver, gut and brain. Enjoy!
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This looks delicious. I’m looking for a way to use my frozen butternut squash cubes and now we are trying to be more keto. This would be great for that.
However, the quantity produced is large for the two of us.
Can leftovers be frozen?
Yes it can be frozen!