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February 18, 2016

Slow Cooker Butternut Squash

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Slow Cooker Butternut Squash: a simple side dish recipe for butternut squash in the slow cooker that can be prepped in minutes. 
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash: a simple side dish recipe for butternut squash in the slow cooker that can be prepped in minutes.
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As you know, I appreciate Costco. I really like a lot of the produce that is offered there. The last time I went I saw a 2 pound bag of cubed butternut squash. Because the peeling and cutting of squash is the main reason why I don’t eat it much I decided to go for it and buy this bag of orange cubes. It was a great plan. Because although my kids and husband don’t appreciate squash much, I truly love it. I was able to make this squash in the slow cooker and then eat it for lunch for several days after.

Slow Cooker Butternut Squash: a simple side dish recipe for butternut squash in the slow cooker that can be prepped in minutes.
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The really great thing about butternut squash is that it really reminds me of sweet potatoes. And I love sweet potatoes. But guess what??? Butternut squash although similar in taste, texture and look to sweet potatoes it is much much lower in calories. I could have eaten two pounds of it for like 400 calories. Whereas sweet potatoes would have been about 775 calories–almost twice as many calories. It also has half as many carbs. So that’s kind of great, right? Plus butternut squash has a lot of vitamin A and vitamin C. Hooray!
If you have cubed squash already to go this recipe literally takes seconds to make. I used my casserole crock, but you can use a regular slow cooker too.
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Slow Cooker Butternut Squash


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  • Cook Time: 3 hours
  • Total Time: 3 hours
  • Yield: 6 servings
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Ingredients

 

  • 2 lbs of butternut squash (peeled and cut into cubes, I buy mine that way)
  • 3/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • Fresh ground pepper, to taste
  • Brown sugar, optional

Instructions

  1. Add squash to the slow cooker.
  2. Sprinkle the salt and olive oil and ground pepper over the squash. Give a little stir to evenly distribute.
  3. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 hours or on LOW for 5-6 hours.
  4. Remove lid, stir and serve. (I actually sprinkled mine with a tiny bit of brown sugar just to give it a little more sweetness).

Notes

Ideal slow cooker: casserole crock 

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Love squash? Try these other recipes as well:
Butternut Squash Soup in the Slow Cooker
Roasted butternut squash tacos from Cookie and Kate
Stovetop Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese from Naturally Ella
How to peel, seed and cut butternut squash from Gimme Some Oven
5 Ingredient Butternut Squash Fritters from Just a Taste
How to cook spaghetti squash from Eat Within Your Means
Roasted Butternut Squash Risotto from Cookie and Kate

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9 Comments Filed Under: All Recipes, Healthy, Meatless, Side Dish, Slow Cooker Tagged With: 2-4 hours, 4-6 hours

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  1. amy says

    November 22, 2021 at 12:44 pm

    Did you use refrigerated pre-cut cubes in this recipe, or the ones that are bagged frozen in the freezer section?

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    • Karen says

      November 22, 2021 at 8:26 pm

      The fresh pre-cut cubes

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      • amy says

        November 23, 2021 at 6:04 pm

        TY! making this tomorrow! 🙂

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  2. Maureen says

    December 17, 2019 at 10:47 am

    When do you add brown sugar?

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    • Karen says

      December 17, 2019 at 5:57 pm

      Hi Maureen, in step 4.

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  3. Amy Ostertag says

    November 22, 2018 at 10:55 pm

    Made for Thanksgiving today! Super easy even when using whole squash right from the garden. Even my picky eaters liked it!

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    • Karen says

      November 24, 2018 at 1:10 pm

      Awesome Amy!!

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  4. Laura says

    November 13, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    Great idea to cook it in the slow cooker! I usually roast mine in the oven with some minced garlic and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper – I love the way the sweet works with the heat. This will be my dish to take to Thanksgiving this year. Thank you for the great idea!

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  5. Allie Taylor says

    February 19, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    I love buying already cubed butternut squash too, it's such a real bear to peel otherwise. I had no idea the calorie difference between sweet potatoes and butternut squash. Excellent news and great recipe!

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