Roasted Lemon & Thyme Butternut Squash

I like when things come together with few ingredients. Simplicity is always appreciated.

I don't like peeling and chopping butternut squash. 

But I'm glad I did last night. 

Hacking  and chopping veggies is either one of two:

1. It's part of the reason cooking dinner felt like such a stress reliever (this is me most often)

or...

2. It's a tiring and laborious extra step that makes you question cooking dinner to begin with. You can always get fast food and it would be fast, tasty, filling, and my favorite...salty. 

I won't lie, chopping this squash felt like number 2 (pun intended) last night. Even before I started dinner, I thought about just going to pick something up to eat & not go through the ordeal of preparing the squash to roast. But I sucked it up & made a delicious meal. I made stuffed portabella mushrooms & this roasted butternut squash as a side.

Like I said, I'm glad I did.

Even though I wasn't looking forward to the work, I was so happy in the end  & it felt satisfying to whip up a tasty meal after a long work day and fighting the temptation to just order in.

This is the perfect low-key side to pair with any of your fall main dishes. Not overpowering but still satisfying. 

Roasted Lemon & Thyme Butternut Squash

Ingredients:

1 medium butternut squash, seeded/peeled/chopped

3 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 tsp fresh chopped thyme

salt 

Preheat oven to 425. Place prepared butternut squash in a large bowl and toss with oil, lemon juice, & thyme until evenly coated. Season to taste with salt. Spread on a baking sheet & cook until tender about 25-30 minutes.

Enjoy!