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Recipes » appetizer » Roasted Butternut Dip

Roasted Butternut Dip

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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Roast up some delicious and healthy butternut squash for this easy roasted butternut dip! A creamy, dreamy, delicious and healthy snack.

It’s just about fall and you know what that means, right? (I can hear both my dad and my Southern husband yelling in unison, “IT’S FOOTBALL SEASON!!!!”)

Well, yes it is. And with football season come football snacks. Because if you are going to hunker down at 1pm and not come up for air until 7pm, you need some sustenance to keep you going.

I am certainly not beyond dumping the Family Size bag of nacho cheese Doritos into a bowl and calling it a day, but amid all the salty/cheesy/Day-Glo-colored stuff I do like to sneak in something modestly healthy every once in a while that can hold its own with the other snacks.

This delicious dip is one of those things, and I promise you, the hardest part of the whole thing is cutting open the dang butternut. Those things are tough, and it would be really convenient to have a linebacker on call to cut the squash in half for you, but maybe you can convince whomever is watching the football in your house to chop it open for you before kick-off.

Unless that person is you, in which case…grab your most serious knife and go for it!

In my case, I totally lucked out this weekend because my supermarket had butternut squash already cut in half, seeded and peeled for me and packaged up in adorable half-butternut bundles. How great is that? The rest of the ingredients for this super-simple dip were already in my pantry — onion, garlic, a little sour cream (okay, that was in the fridge, before you start worrying about me), nutmeg and red pepper.

I picked up some Stacy’s Pita Chips (LOVE those. Try them if you haven’t already.) and I was ready to roll. An hour later: warm, spicy, creamy, delicious and actually HEALTHY football game snacking was going on in my family room.

Okay, sports fans and those who love them, over to you. And remember, it isn’t whether you win or lose…oh, wait a minute.

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Roasted Butternut Dip


  • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
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Roast up some delicious and healthy butternut squash for this easy roasted butternut dip! A creamy, dreamy, delicious and healthy snack.


Ingredients

  • 1 large butternut squash
  • 1 onion, peeled and cut into quarters
  • 4 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons sour cream
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Cut squash in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds.
  2. Brush cut sides of squash halves, cut sides of onion quarters, and garlic cloves with oil. Arrange squash halves, cut sides down, on a jelly-roll pan. Put onion quarters and garlic cloves on pan. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until tender. Cool slightly.
  3. Scoop the cooked squash out of the peel and put in food processor with onions. Squeeze garlic cloves so that pulp goes into food processor and blend until smooth.
  4. Add sour cream and remaining ingredients and pulse to combine. Serve warm with pita chips. Whatever you do, don’t block the tv screen.
1366 g302.8 mg2.6 g0.9 g0 g29.3 g5 g2.8 g3.5 mg

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Originally Published October 5, 2009 and Updated
to this Even More Delicious Version on June 30, 2019

Good for: Dinner Party, Super Bowl Eats, Tailgate Treats, Thanksgiving

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  1. Katie says

    October 6, 2009 at 11:18 am

    I love this idea! I will definitely try it out the next time I need an appetizer.

    Reply
  2. oneordinaryday says

    October 6, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    This sounds delicious. How is it chilled?

    Reply
  3. Anita says

    October 6, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    This looks delish! A surprise alternative to hummus.

    Reply
  4. Kate Morgan Jackson says

    October 6, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    To answer the question about how it is chilled, I honestly don't know because it didn't last that long! But chilled squash is usually pretty yummy (think pumpkin pie) so I'm sure it would be pretty great…if you try it that way let me know!

    Reply
  5. Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction says

    October 7, 2009 at 2:34 am

    Yum… this dip looks fantastic. I will give it a try!

    Reply
  6. Andrew & Terri says

    October 8, 2009 at 2:27 am

    This looks delicious! Healthy appetizers sometimes seem few-and-far-between.

    I have learned a trick for making butternut squash easy to cut and even peel. You can poke just a few holes in it to allow steam to escape, and then microwave it for about 4 minutes. Let it cool a bit, and it will be just softened enough to easily cut.

    Thanks for the recipe!

    -Terri

    Reply
  7. Andrew & Terri says

    October 8, 2009 at 2:27 am

    This looks delicious! Healthy appetizers sometimes seem few-and-far-between.

    I have learned a trick for making butternut squash easy to cut and even peel. You can poke just a few holes in it to allow steam to escape, and then microwave it for about 4 minutes. Let it cool a bit, and it will be just softened enough to easily cut.

    Thanks for the recipe!

    -Terri

    Reply
  8. Kate Morgan Jackson says

    October 8, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Terri, what a great trick and thanks for sharing! I am definitely trying this with the next butternut. :-)

    Reply
  9. Nutmeg Nanny says

    October 9, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    Oh yeah this looks great! I'm allergic to hummus (it's the darn tahini) so this looks like a great substitute.

    Reply
  10. Kevin says

    October 10, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    I like the sound of a roasted butternut squash dip!

    Reply

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