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Slow Roasted Butternut Squash and Potatoes with Olive Oil and Lime

ByElena Paravantes, MS, RD

This amazing and delicious dish with butternut squash and potatoes is cooked with lime and olive oil and a touch of garlic.

Roasted butternut squash and potatoes

Butternut squash in the Greek cuisine is often used in savory and sweet Greek style pies and also made into preserves (spoon sweet). In some areas they fry it and drizzle it with vinegar or make fritters. Today, I am making it roasted which is probably the easiest way, combining it with a few potatoes and lime instead of lemon. I use my mother’s slow-roasting method which slightly caramelizes the outside, while soft on the inside.

The concept is similar to the regular Greek style roasted potatoes, but making it more seasonal with the squash, adding some sweetness and of course a good dose of beta-carotene and fiber.

This is great on its own sprinkled with a bit of feta or as a side with meat.

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Slow Roasted Butternut Squash and Potatoes with Olive Oil and Lime

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Try this delicious and healthy fall dish with butternut squash and potatoes is cooked with lime and olive oil and a touch of garlic.
Course: Side Dish, Thanksgiving
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: Butternut squash, Roasted
Servings: 6
Author: Elena Paravantes, MS, RD
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Ingredients

  • 1 pound butternut squash cut in 1 inch pieces
  • 1 pound potatoes cut into 1 inch pieces
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • juice and zest from 1 lime
  • 1 ½ tablespoons rosemary
  • 3 garlic cloves sliced
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Cut the potatoes and soak them in water for 20 minutes
  • Peel the squash and cut.
  • Preheat oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 Celsius)
  • Sauté the potatoes in a large pan with 1 teaspoon olive oil for about 5 minutes
  • In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients including the potatoes making sure everything is coated well.
  • Put the mixture in a baking dish that is large enough so that it is in one layer
  • Pour ¼ cup hot water in the corner of the pan tilting it so the water spread across the whole bottom of the baling dish.
  • Cover with aluminum foil and roast for 20 minutes.
  • Remove aluminum and lower the temperature to 320 (160) and roast for until potatoes are cooked at soft, for about 1 hour. Check the fluid levels while roasting and add a bit of hot water if needed.
Photos by Elena Paravantes All Rights Reserved

Elena Paravantes, MS, RDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist by the U.S. Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). She is an expert on the Mediterranean Diet. She has been active as a clinician, consultant, author and lecturer for 20 years, both in the U.S. and Greece. An expert on the Greek Mediterranean Diet, her interviews and articles have been published in many publications including CNN, U.S. News and World Report, Prevention, NPR, and Shape. Elena has collaborated with a number of organizations including Loyola University, Yale University, University of Missouri, Louisiana State University, and the American College of Greece. Elena earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and Dietetics and her Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She holds has a Master’s Degree of Science in Health Management.

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    1. Also can I use lemon instead of lime, sorry being in Africa we have to substitute with what we can get at times.

  7. This recipe sounds devine – can’t wait to make it! Does the recipe call for dried rosemary?

    Thanks!

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  8. Thanks for this recipe! I used sweet rather than regular potatoes, made it for Thanksgiving, and it was excellent. I’ll make it again during the holidays.

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  11. More of a question than a comment. What is the greek name for butternut squash. I haven’t seen it here.

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