About Butternut Squash
In Australia butternut squash is known as butternut pumpkin and is a type of winter squash. It's a fruit that grows on a vine, originates from around Mexico and is similar to a pumpkin, with a sweet, nutty taste with yellow skin and an orange pulp. As it gets riper it becomes increasingly orange as well as becoming increasingly richer and sweeter.
Butternut squash is great as it's not only versatile - it's an excellent source of fibre, vitamin C, vitamin A, manganese and potassium. It can be roasted, toasted, grilled, puréed, or mashed and used in soup, bread, casseroles, even muffins.
A serving of squash soup usually contains less than 100 calories, and 2g of fat, making it a rather healthy starter!
