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How To Make Butternut Squash and Green Beans with Maple Syrup
Baked butternut squash and green benas with a sweet maple syrup
Prep:
15 mins
Cook:
25 mins
Total:
40 mins
Ingredients
- 1 large butternut squash, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- 2 lb fresh green beans
- ½ cup almonds, slivered
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp butter
- salt
- pepper
- vegetable oil
- dash of allspice, optional
Instructions
- Place the squash cubes on a large baking pan.
- Drizzle one to two tbsp. of vegetable oil over the squash.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake the squash for 20 minutes or until nearly tender, turning once during cooking.
- While the squash is cooking steam the green beans until they turn color and start to become tender.
- Do not overcook the beans; they will continue to cook in the skillet.
- While the beans and the squash are cooking, melt the butter in a large, non-stick skillet.
- Place the slivered almonds in the butter and sauté for several minutes.
- Place the squash and the beans in the skillet with the almonds.
- Pour the maple syrup over the vegetables and stir.
- Cook until the dish is hot and the vegetables are nearly tender, stirring often.
- Add more salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 14g
- :
- Calcium: 125mg
- Calories: 192kcal
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fat: 8g
- Fiber: 6g
- Iron: 2mg
- Potassium: 662mg
- Protein: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 47mg
- Vitamin A: 10880IU
- Vitamin C: 34mg
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