Like other winter squash<\/a>, honeynut squash is loaded with nutrition. As its deep orange flesh suggests, it's high in antioxidants, particularly beta carotene, which helps support eye health, immunity and healthy skin. Honeynut squash also delivers fiber, vitamin C and potassium. You'll get even more nutrition—protein, fiber, healthy fats and more—by roasting the squash seeds<\/a>.<\/p>"
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "Is this recipe vegetarian?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": " As long as you eat dairy, yes, this recipe is vegetarian.<\/p>"
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{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What’s the best way to cook honeynut squash?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": " You can cook honeynut squash in much the same way you cook other winter squash varieties, but the honeynut has some advantages. Its small size lends itself well to simply halving it before you cook it, and its tender skin is thin and edible, so it does not need to be peeled. You can steam, mash and stuff honeynut squash, but simply roasting it as we do here, with minimal embellishments, lets its naturally sweet and nutty flavor shine.<\/p>"
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "Where can I find honeynut squash?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": " Honeynut squash can be found in large well-stocked grocery stores and farmers markets from September through December. While some types of winter squash have long shelf lives, honeynut squash is more delicate and quickly loses its flavor as it sits, which makes it hard to find out of season.<\/p>"
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{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What is honeynut squash?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": " Honeynut squash is a relatively new hybrid version of butternut squash. It has the same shape as butternut squash, but it's much smaller, about the size of a medium potato. Its skin is bright orange as well as the flesh, which has a sweet and nutty flavor.<\/p> In 2009, Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill challenged vegetable breeder Michael Mazourek to "breed a butternut squash to actually taste good" so that cooks wouldn't have to use so much added sugar (like maple syrup and honey) to get a delicious-tasting butternut. Mazourek's response was this adorable tiny squash: the honeynut squash, which does indeed taste like a sweeter butternut squash.<\/p>"
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