Roasting vegetables is my absolute new favorite thing. It's just so easy. Easy AND delicious: such a winning combination. The ingredients of my roasted butternut squash, brussels sprouts, and onion recipe may seem simple or even plain, but they all work together to create something very specific.
Pre-heating the pan along with the oven gives all of the veggies lovely, caramelized sides. A splash of maple syrup, usually on my list of Things I Do Not Like due to its often overpowering flavor, gives a nice, light glaze and further helps along the caramelization process without screaming PANCAKES. A little bit of thyme calms down the natural sugars of the maple syrup and butternut squash, and a little salt balances it all out.
Oh yeah, and another thing I love about this dish. It's so so so easy to cheat. Yeah, I said it: cheat. Listen people, I am busy. You are too, right? Sometimes I just don't feel like breaking down an entire butternut squash. It's not that it's difficult; it's that I just don't feel like it. So yeah, I cheat. I have definitely done this with {gasp} frozen butternut squash cubes, but my favorite is to use the precut ones in the produce department that are fresh. With that one shortcut, this dish can be in the oven within 5 minutes of deciding to make it, then you can sit back and watch some tv while the oven does all the hard work.
Roasted Butternut Squash, Brussels Sprouts, & Onion
Ingredients
- 1 lb brussels sprouts trimmed, halved
- 1 lb butternut squash chopped into ½" cubes
- 1 red onion cut in half, and each half cut into 6 chunks
- 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoon real maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Place the empty roasting pan in the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Once the oven is preheated, remove the pan from the oven, and put the vegetables on the pan. Top them with the other ingredients ( olive oil, maple syrup, thyme, salt, pepper ), and toss to coat. Careful, remember that pan is HOT!
- Roast for 18 minutes. Flip the vegetables over and give them a good stir around the pan.
- Roast for another 18 minutes, or until the butternut squash is tender. You might need an extra 5 minutes here if you started from frozen squash.
I love this recipe. Make it often when temperature turns cooler.
10 stars for sur
Has anyone made this in the Ninja Foodie?
How do you think the flavor would turn out if I swap the squash for sweet potato? This recipe looks delicious but I have a squash item on my menu already and I was looking for a healthy potato side
I think that would work wonderfully!