Slow Cooker Butternut Squash: a simple side dish recipe for butternut squash in the slow cooker that can be prepped in minutes. 
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash: a simple side dish recipe for butternut squash in the slow cooker that can be prepped in minutes.

As you know, I appreciate Costco. I really like a lot of the produce that is offered there. The last time I went I saw a 2 pound bag of cubed butternut squash. Because the peeling and cutting of squash is the main reason why I don't eat it much I decided to go for it and buy this bag of orange cubes. It was a great plan. Because although my kids and husband don't appreciate squash much, I truly love it. I was able to make this squash in the slow cooker and then eat it for lunch for several days after.

Slow Cooker Butternut Squash: a simple side dish recipe for butternut squash in the slow cooker that can be prepped in minutes.
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The really great thing about butternut squash is that it really reminds me of sweet potatoes. And I love sweet potatoes. But guess what??? Butternut squash although similar in taste, texture and look to sweet potatoes it is much much lower in calories. I could have eaten two pounds of it for like 400 calories. Whereas sweet potatoes would have been about 775 calories--almost twice as many calories. It also has half as many carbs. So that's kind of great, right? Plus butternut squash has a lot of vitamin A and vitamin C. Hooray!

If you have cubed squash already to go this recipe literally takes seconds to make. I used my casserole crock, but you can use a regular slow cooker too. 
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash: a simple side dish recipe for butternut squash in the slow cooker that can be prepped in minutes.
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