Healthy Butternut Squash Fries Recipe
There comes a time in all of our lives where our metabolism slows down and our bellies get bigger. It is nature and just part of life.
If you are a french fry junkie like me, you will need to supplement your greasy craving for a healthier version of fries! This is where these delicious, simple and Healthy Butternut Squash Fries come in! The best easy recipe!
Specialty Ingredients:
The following ingredients are affiliate links on Amazon because they may be a bit hard to find in your normal store. I wanted you to be able to see exactly which things we are using.
- Images of Butternut Squash
- PAM Olive Oil
Reminder, not all ingredients are linked above, just the ones that may be a bit difficult to find or that you might be unsure of what to look for.
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From Minnie: Hooo-eeey, these are delicious! So good that there is no way anyone would ever know that they are so very healthy! These are definitely going on our list of foods that we have very often!
From Kelli: Try it with Bacon Salt for an amazing alternative!
Make a meal of it:
Main: Minnie’s Mini Meatloaf (or! I love to pair it with this quick, easy, flavorful Balsamic Chicken Breasts Recipe!)
Side: Butternut Squash Fries
Side: Cool Cabbage Slaw
Dessert: Low Calorie Cookies
Healthy Butternut Squash Fries Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 – 2 Pound(s) butternut squash
- PAM Spray Olive Oil
- Salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Peel and cut the squash into long, thin french fry shapes (roughly 1/3″ thick).
In a large bowl, spray and toss the squash with PAM, using your hands to evenly coat each one. Lay them on a wire rack set on top of a foil-lined baking sheet and salt them generously.
Bake for about 40 minutes, flipping halfway through for even crispness. Serve immediately with extra salt and ketchup.
Congratulations!
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Miz Helen
These will totally help by satisfying cravings! Can’t wait to try! Found you through the Tasty Tuesday link up 🙂
ooohhh – these look so good! PINNED! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party!
ok – well – wouldn’t let me pin. Said there was nothing pinnable on the page??
Weird! I tried ahaolgy, my pin button, a pin bookmarklet, and tailwind – all worked for me. What are you using to pin? 🙂 TY!!
How do you peel butternut squash? Or am I making something big out of something simple? Sounds great.
Re: peeling butternut squash….. I try to choose butternut squash with a smaller round end and a longer neck. Then, I just cut off the round end and set it aside. (You can use it later as you might acorn squash.) Then I cut off the top of the squash (the end where the stem was attached). Then I set the prepared “neck” piece on one of its flat ends on a cutting board (making a tall “column”) and I slice the skin off in small sections down towards the cutting board. Make sense? If the neck is really long, you can cut it in half so that you have two columns, making it not so unwieldy.
Perfect explanation, you should write a guest post for me saying how to peel squash complete with pictures! 🙂
Hi Rebeca, if you scroll through the comments, one of my readers left a great explanation 🙂
Wow, had no idea they’d make delicious fries! Makes sense, sweet potatoes do. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I use sweet potatoes 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing your great recipe with Full Plate Thursday and have a wonderful week.
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Miz Helen
Hey there! Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up your yummy recipe! Stop by again next week and link up another awesome project!
Have a great week!
Susie@bowdabra
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This looks an amazing idea! Definitely going to try it. Thanks for the inspiration! b_t x
These sound great ! And you have so many other yummy squash recipes it looks like. I LOVE squash, and I always need new ways to use it. Thanks so much ! Have a wonderful weekend!
Never thought about doing this. My kids and I would love this!
Gina
Hello, I saw your link on TGIF. This may just be one way of preparing squash that even I will like! I will def be looking through your site!
What a great idea for fries! I’ve never used butternut squash to make them, but love the sound of this!!!! Thanks for sharing!
Boy do I have a couple of Butternut Squash with this recipe’s name on them!! Thanks for sharing! Pinning!
I made some like these last year, but I forgot all about it. Thanks for the reminder! 🙂
Visiting from Tuesdays at the Table.
Glad to have refreshed your memory 🙂