13 SIMPLY TASTY Butternut Squash Spiralizer Recipes (2024)

FAQs

Can you put butternut squash in a spiralizer? ›

You can spiralize pretty much everything! From butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, zucchini, even broccoli stalks (those turn out as short pieces not the long curly ones). So if you don't have a spiralizer yet, get the Paderno Spiralizer (paid link) or the Magimix (paid link) Spiralizer Attachment (paid link).

Microwave Hack for Easier Butternut Squash Peeling

Simply slice off the top and bottom, poke the squash all over with a fork and microwave it on high for about 3 minutes. When it's cool enough to handle, peel the squash. The softened flesh will make peeling (and slicing) way easier.

STEP 2: SPIRALIZE VEGGIES

Place food on the skewer. Select your blade. Choose extra fine for radishes, fine for beets and zucchini, or medium for butternut squash, sweet potatoes and zucchini. Start by turning the mixer on stir, then gradually increase the speed to 4–6.

Organic Butternut Squash Noodles at Whole Foods Market.

Green skin is a sign it was picked before fully ripe, leading to low quality flesh and shorter shelf life. Professor Rhoda Burrows from SDSU explains, "If harvested too early, the developing seed inside butternut squash will utilize nutrients stored in the flesh to mature, decreasing its eating quality."

Butternut squash contains considerable amounts of fiber, which can help you keep a healthy weight and regulate bowel movements. It's known to help prevent colorectal cancer while the beta-carotene in butternut squash can also improve eye health.

KitchenAid^® spiralizer attachments are versatile and have multiple uses depending on the blade you choose. In addition to slicing thin pasta-like strands, your attachments can also create ribbons, peel potatoes, core apples and create extra fine to medium spirals for a range of fresh ingredients.

Just put your vegetable long way down on a cutting board and peel away long thin ribbons. The noodles will be less uniform, but they'll work just as well. If you have a mandolin, that works great as well – just cut the vegetable into long rectangles before sliding down into thin slices.

If you don't have a spiralizer on hand, you can use a vegetable peeler for this Spiral Summer Squash dish. Just pull the peeler down the sides of your squash, making long strips. Bake and sprinkle with Parmesan for a yummy side!

What is the best tasting butternut squash? ›

Butternut cultivars are pretty consistent when it comes to flavor. All have richly sweet, nutty flesh favored for all kinds of fall and winter cookery. The compact variety C. moschata 'Butterbush' (75 days) is short-vined and bears small butternut squash that are dark orange, dense and very sweet on the inside.

Buttercup. Not to be confused with the long, tan-hued butternut squash, the buttercup squash is squatter, with dark green skin. Its sweet, nutty flesh is dense and dry, and can be boiled, steamed, or worked into baked goods and casseroles.

Use the long thin neck part of the butternut squash for spiralizing. The bottom part (where the seeds are), called bulbous, is not ideal for spiralizing, because of the uneven shape and the seeds in the middle. Don't overcook the butternut squash noodles.

You have a choice of weaving the vines within the trellis to support them as they grow, or you can tie the vines to the trellis. I do a little of both. Just don't expect the tendrils on the vines alone to support the heavy load of squashes as they mature.

Plants from within the following groups will cross with each other: Zucchini, Yellow Crookneck, Acorn, Spaghetti, Patty Pan, Delicata, Pumpkins and Gourds (except edible snake gourds) all may cross with each other. Butternut, Buttercup, Banana, Hubbard and Turban squashes may cross with each other.