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A cup of cooked butternut squash contains just 82 calories, and offers about 6.5 grams of fiber, 2 grams of protein, and essential nutrients like iron, potassium and magnesium.
Crookneck squash, also known as yellow squash, is a cultivar of Cucurbita pepo, [3] the species that also includes some pumpkins and most other summer squashes. The plants are bushy [ 3 ] and do not spread like the plants of winter squash and pumpkin. [ 4 ]
Summer squash have a thin, edible skin. The seeds of both types can be roasted, eaten raw, made into pumpkin seed oil , [ 73 ] ground into a flour or meal, [ 120 ] or otherwise prepared. Squashes are primarily grown for the fresh food market.
Raw winter squash (such as acorn or butternut squash) is 90% water, 9% carbohydrates, 1% protein. It contains negligible fat (table), except in the oil-rich seeds . In a 100 gram reference amount, it supplies 34 calories and is a moderate source (10-19% of the Daily Value , DV) of vitamin C (15% DV) and vitamin B6 (12% DV), with no other ...
Delicious ways to use butternut, acorn squash, kabocha, and more.
Spoonful of Nola. This Southern side dish is chock full of my favorite veggies, golden yellow squash, deep green zucchini, corn cut fresh off the cob, and creole tomatoes.
A good yellow summer squash will be small and firm with tender skin free of blemishes and bruising. It is available all year long in some regions, but is at its peak from early through late summer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] One similar inedible C. pepo variety is C. pepo var. ovifera .
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