Food and Recipes Entertaining Ideas & Tips Butternut Squash Recipes to Make During Fall Harvest Season By Southern Living Editors Updated on July 8, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Greg Dupree; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Ginny Branch Fall is a magical time of changing leaves, pumpkin patches, and tailgating. We love our fall baking, the excuse to make up a pot of chili, and the abundance of butternut squash in the markets. In that spirit, we've rounded up some of our favorite butternut squash recipes, like a luscious, savory Butternut Squash Lasagna layered with noodles and ricotta. There are tons of ways to use this sweet gourd, and we've created recipes for pretty much all of them. From a hearty one-pan pasta to butternut squash that's caramelized to an almost dessert-like perfection, we've got a butternut squash recipe for you. Our Sheet Pan Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese is a kid-friendly weeknight super-hero, while our Beef-and-Butternut Stew will keep you warm all fall and winter long. Whether you pair this squash with mushrooms and Parmesan in a spectacular gnocchi dish or combine it with fragrant parsnips for a creamy soup, butternut squash is a delicious perk of the fall harvest. You can't go wrong with the subtle, sweet flavors of these butternut squash recipes. 01 of 13 Winter Vegetables and Gnocchi Greg DuPree Recipe: Winter Vegetables and Gnocchi Store-bought gnocchi help this warm and comforting dish come together in just 30 minutes. 02 of 13 Butternut Squash Gratin Photo: Iain Bagwell Recipe: Butternut Squash Gratin Slice the potatoes as you use them in each layer (rather than all at once), to help prevent oxidation. 03 of 13 Pumpkin-and-Winter Squash Gratin Photo: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Pumpkin-and-Winter Squash Gratin Pumpkin and butternut squash are a winning duo for fall, especially when they're covered in a Gruyère cheese sauce. 04 of 13 Skillet Squash Blossom Iain Bagwell Recipe: Skillet Squash Blossom This impressive side dish is almost too pretty to eat. Plus, it has a short ingredient list and is easy to pull together. 05 of 13 Candied Roasted Squash Photo: Helen Norman Recipe: Candied Roasted Squash A recipe with only three ingredients calls for smart technique and a little bit of finesse. Score the squash flesh to create more surface area for caramelizing. 06 of 13 Butternut Squash-Parsnip Soup Oxmoor House Recipe: Butternut Squash-Parsnip Soup This recipe can easily be doubled for larger crowds or to freeze for later. 07 of 13 Chicken, Apple, and Butternut Stew Jennifer Causey; Styling: Claire Spollen Recipe: Chicken, Apple, and Butternut Stew The pectin in unfiltered apple cider will help the stew thicken as it cooks. 08 of 13 Butternut Squash Lasagna Greg Dupree; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Butternut Squash Lasagna Skip the marinara and layer your lasagna with pureed butternut squash. 09 of 13 Beefy Butternut Squash Pasta Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Maggie Ruggiero Recipe: Beefy Butternut Squash Pasta This one pan recipe comes together in about 30 minutes for a filling dinner that's also great as leftovers. 10 of 13 Beef-and-Butternut Stew Jennifer Causey; Food Styling: Melissa Gray; Prop Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller Recipe: Beef-and-Butternut Stew This hearty, stick-to-your-bones stew is an excellent choice for cold winter nights. 11 of 13 Sheet Pan Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Christine Keely; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Sheet Pan Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Convince your kids to eat their veggies with this healthier mac and cheese, where butternut squash disguises itself among the orange Cheddar. 12 of 13 Coconut-Curry Butternut Squash Soup Southern Living Recipe: Coconut-Curry Butternut Squash Soup You've had regular butternut squash soup, but adding curry powder heightens it to a whole new dimension. 13 of 13 Butternut Squash Bread Pudding Greg Dupree; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Ginny Branch Recipe: Butternut Squash Bread Pudding This savory bread pudding would make an excellent addition to the Thanksgiving brunch or dinner spread. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit