12 squash recipes to kick off the fall season

🍂 Squash season is here, and it saves weeknight suppers

Markets are overflowing with butternut, acorn and spaghetti squash right now. It is the most patient vegetable of the fall: it waits weeks in the pantry without complaining, then turns an ordinary supper into something comforting. Roast it on a sheet pan with a drizzle of oil and it goes sweet and tender almost on its own. Here are 12 recipes to get through the season without ever serving the same thing twice.

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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe (No Cream)

Everything roasts on the same sheet pan: the squash, the onion and the garlic. After that, one pass in the blender and you are done. No cream in there, the roasted squash is what makes it velvety.

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Roasted butternut squash with bacon and goat cheese

Cubes of squash roasted with bacon, and goat cheese melting over the top at the last minute. The side dish that ends up upstaging the main. It comes together while the rest of supper cooks.

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Stuffed acorn squash with quinoa, veal and apples

Acorn squash turns into an edible bowl, stuffed with quinoa, ground veal and apples. Maple syrup caramelizes around the edges as it bakes. A full meal served right in its own skin.

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Spaghetti squash and chicken lasagna

Strands of spaghetti squash stand in for part of the pasta, and nobody complains about it. The chicken and the sauce handle the rest. It takes an afternoon, but it feeds the crew twice.

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Linguine with roasted butternut squash

Squash cubes roasted in the oven, then crushed into the linguine with pecorino. The sauce comes together with pasta water, not a drop of cream. Simple, rich, and ready when the pasta is.

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Squash tart with caramelized onions and goat cheese

Two kinds of squash, slowly caramelized red onions and goat cheese on a crisp crust. Eat it hot for supper, cold in tomorrow’s lunch box. One of the rare savoury tarts that actually impress company.

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Squash gratin

Three varieties of squash sliced thin, layered and baked until the top goes golden. The kind of side dish that vanishes before the main even lands. Serve it next to a braise.

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Squash and ricotta tortellinis

Making tortellini by hand on a fall Sunday is a project, and it earns every minute. The butternut and ricotta filling is soft, almost sweet. Serve them plain, the squash speaks loudly enough.

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Squash and sweet potato puree with parmesan cheese

Two squashes and a sweet potato roasted, then mashed with butter and parmesan. It replaces Sunday mashed potatoes without an argument. Perfect beside a braised cut.

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Lentil Soup with Spaghetti Squash

A soup that sticks to your ribs, loaded with vegetables, lentils and strands of spaghetti squash. It keeps for days and tastes better the next one. Weekday lunches, solved in one shot.

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Baked spaghetti squash with sauce and cheese

The squash bakes, you scrape the inside with a fork, then in go the spaghetti sauce and the cheese. Five minutes of prep, the oven does everything else. The pasta alternative that never tastes like a sacrifice.

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Squash, apple and cheese curds arancinis

Long to make, a bit messy, and completely legendary. Squash risotto rolled around a cheese curd, then fried until crisp. Save these for a night when you want to show off.

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