Butternut Squash & “Creamed” Spinach Casserole
So, my girlfriend Jill has been bringing in this Trader Joe’s pre-packaged Butternut Squash & Creamed Spinach Gratin to work everyday. It is sooo delicious, however, it is not so healthy. So, I decided I needed to HEALTHIFY this delicious recipe so I could eat it guilt free! I am sooo happy with how this turned out! The whole family loved it! It is the perfect side dish! Hopefully it will get Jill approved too!
Butternut Squash & "Creamed" Spinach Casserole
Author: Amy Clevenger, fantastically-fit.com
Recipe type: Side Dish
Ingredients
- 2 bags Trader Joe's Pre- cut Butternut Squash (or 4 cups cubed butternut squash)
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil, melted
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 4 cups packed Baby Spinach
- ½ teaspoon Minced Garlic (or 1 garlic clove minced)
- ¼ of a Yellow Onion, diced
- 1 cup Non Fat Greek Yogurt
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
- Dash of Nutmeg
- Nutritional Yeast
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Toss the butter nut squash cubes in the the coconut oil and place in a small casserole dish so that all the cubes fit in a single layer.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Place in the oven for 20- 25 minutes mixing them halfway through.
- While that is cooking, saute the onion and garlic on a pan on medium heat with a little oil until onion becomes clear.
- Then mix in the spinach.
- Once the spinach begins to wilt add the greek yogurt, almond milk, and nutmeg.
- Allow that too cook for a minute.
- Once the 20 minutes is up take your butternut squash out of the oven and add the spinach layer so that it covers the entire top of the casserole dish.
- Then add nutritional yeast on top of the spinach layer.
- Cook for another 10 minutes.
- Then eat up!
Notes
Don't have nutritional yeast? This would also be great with Parmesan!
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4
Yum! This looks so good. I even have all the ingredients in the house.
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it!
Made this tonight and it was really good!! The husband really liked it too! He kept saying how good it was :). Definitely a keeper. Thanks for the great recipe and can’t wait to try some of your others.
So glad to hear it! I hope you like the others as well
What is nutritional yeast?
Nutritional yeast is packed with nutrition, particularly B-vitamins, folic acid, selenium, zinc, and protein. It’s low in fat, gluten-free (check specific brands for certification), and contains no added sugars or preservatives. i use it for its flavor which is cheesy and nutty. The only substitution would be actual cheese, but then you are increasing calories and fat.
I finally got to make this last night! DELICIOUS and EASY! Thank you
Yay!!! I am so glad you tried it and loved it!