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This roasted acorn squash recipe offers a blend of smooth texture and rich flavors, making it a perfect addition to any meal. This dish combines tender acorn squash with spices and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese, creating a taste experience you’ll love.
Any vegetables that you can roast and eat on a dime are winners in my book! This recipe is especially delicious when you serve it with Chicken and Rice, these perfect rolls, and this yummy salad. Combine them all, and you will have a meal to remember!!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- Fall Favorite: I absolutely love having squash sitting on my counter during the fall. It’s not only delicious, but it’s like having extra fall decor on my counter!
- Healthy: This squash is packed with antioxidants, rich in vitamin A, and loaded with fiber. You will want to add this delicious variation to your weekly meal plan!
- Flavorful: It’s hard to get my kids to eat their vegetables, and I’m not the best at it either. But give me this roasted squash, and I will eat it all up! It’s soft, buttery, and packed with fall flavors!
Ingredients for Roasted Acorn Squash
The ingredients you need to roast acorn squash are simple! Open up your spice cupboard, and I am sure that you will already have most of these ingredients, which will make this recipe extra quick! See the recipe card below for a list of exact ingredient measurements.
- Acorn squash: Before baking these, you will need to deseed them and cut them up into quarters!
- Olive oil: This will help your spices stick to the squash, creating that amazing flavor!
- Parmesan: Cheese is a MUST to complete this recipe!
- Parsley, thyme, and garlic powder: A combination of spices that bring out a delicious earthy flavor.
- Cayenne pepper: This will create some spice without too much heat.
- Salt and pepper: These will enhance the taste of all of the other ingredients!
Roasted Acorn Squash Recipe
Making this recipe only takes a few minutes! It’s super simple, and the longest part is just waiting for it to bake! You will love how roasting these squash makes them taste so good!
- Prep: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay the acorn squash on top.
- Combine and coat: In a small bowl, combine oil, parmesan, parsley, salt, garlic powder, thyme, cayenne, and pepper. Then, drizzle the mixture over the squash until it’s evenly coated.
- Bake: Place in the oven and bake for 30-38 minutes or until tender and browned.
How to Eat Savory Acorn Squash
Because squash can be cooked in so many different ways, a common question I get asked is how to eat it! Here are a few ways that you can enjoy this amazing roasted parmesan squash.
- Can I eat the skin? Yes! When squash is roasted whole like this, the skin becomes soft enough to eat and is super tasty!
- Can I eat it WITHOUT the skin? Yes, again! If eating the skin of veggies isn’t your thing, no worries! When a roasted squash is done baking, the peel is so soft that it separates from the meat quite easily. This makes it easy to eat without the skin!
Variations
Roasted squash can be made into a sweet or savory dish. The variety is one of the very reasons that I love it so much! Here are a few ideas to switch this up a little bit!
- Add greens and feta: Make a salad with it! Get some greens and feta cheese, cut up this roasted squash, and mix it all together. It will make an amazing salad!
- Make it sweet: Add some syrup. Yep, you read that right—add syrup! Instead of using these spices, cut your acorn squash into quarters and sprinkle 1 tsp of brown sugar down the center of each quarter. Once you’ve done that, drizzle some maple syrup on top and bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes or until squash is tender!
- Bake up the seeds: Don’t let any part of this acorn squash go to waste! When you deseed the squash, rinse the seeds and dry them off with a paper towel. Place them on a baking sheet, drizzle them with oil, and sprinkle on some garlic salt. Pop them in the oven at 325 degrees for about 15-20 minutes, and you will have some delicious seeds to eat alongside your roasted parmesan acorn squash!
How to Store Yellow Roasted Squash
I’m not sure that you will have any leftovers because this is so delicious! But if you do, here is how you can properly store and reheat them.
- Refrigerator: After your squash has cooled, store them in an airtight container and place them in your fridge. They will last 3-5 days.
- Reheating: To reheat, broil for 2-4 minutes or until the squash has golden edges.
More Squash Recipes to Try
Squash can last a long time after it’s been picked. So after you get your hands on some, here are a few more recipes that you can try!! I absolutely love adding squash as an appetizer or a side but you can even use it as your main dish! Squash is SO versatile and you can make so many different things with it and I think that they are all worth a try! Enjoy!
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Roasted Parmesan Acorn Squash
Ingredients
- 4 acorn squashes quartered and deseeded
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons parmesan
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lay the acorn squash on a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, combine oil, parmesan, parsley, salt, garlic powder, thyme, cayenne, and pepper.
- Drizzle the mixture over the squash until it's evenly coated. Place in the oven and bake for 30-38 minutes or until tender and browned.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I’m a little confused. The recipe says 4 acorns under servings. Ingredients call for four squash quartered. That would yield 16 pieces. Are you saying that the serving size is four pieces which would equal an entire squash?
Thanks
Hi Michael, I’m sorry for the confusion. I put in 4 servings for the 4 acorn squashes, but you are right, it would be 16 servings. I will go in and change that for the serving sizes.
This was SO delicious! I avoid sugar, so I was looking for a savory alternative to the usual brown sugar acorn squash. This was amazzzzing! I ate a few segments before the rest of dinner was even ready. Yum! I’ll be making this regularly!
So glad I found this recipe as we love acorn squash! Will make this soon. Looks delicious!
Loved the flavor in this recipe, thank you for sharing.
great idea for a pop of flavor to acorn squash, thank you, much appreciated!