Celebrate Thanksgiving with something sweet! Try these irresistible maple roasted butternut squash, and brighten up your plate and table with one of our favorite autumn gourds.

Use Primal Kitchen® Avocado Oil for high-heat cooking, and fall in love with its nutty, mild flavor for roasting. Add hazelnuts for polyphenolic compounds and a light, crunchy crust. Then, top things off with a drizzle of maple syrup for a dish that truly tastes like a divine dessert, without any of the uncomfortable side effects of gluten, grain, or excess refined sugar!

Maple Roasted Butternut Squash

Time: 1 hour 25 min 

Servings: 2 

Ingredients

• Primal Kitchen® Avocado Oil
• 1-2 Tbsp pumpkin spice
• 2 tsp. Himalayan salt
• 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
• 2 Tbsp maple syrup
• 1 small butternut squash

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• Cut the butternut squash in half, scoop out the seeds, and rub with Primal  Kitchen Avocado Oil.
• Sprinkle on pumpkin spice and salt.
• Bake for an hour, or until completely soft all the way through.
• Drizzle with maple syrup, and top with chopped hazelnuts.
• Enjoy!