Name: 7-Minute "Quick Steamed" Butternut Squash
Total time: 7 minutes
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 cups Butternut Squash, cubed; 3 TBS extra virgin olive oil (or to taste); 1 tsp lemon; sea salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients

2 cups Butternut Squash, cubed
3 TBS extra virgin olive oil (or to taste)
1 tsp lemon
sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Fill the bottom of the steamer with 2 inches of water.
While steam is building up cut squash into 1" cubes.
Steam, covered with a tight fitting lid, for 7 minutes.Butternut Squash is done when it is tender (a fork caneasily pierce it), yet still firm enough to hold its shape.
Transfer to a bowl. For more flavor, toss Butternut Squash with the oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper while it is still hot. Research shows that fat-soluble vitamins and carotenoids found in foods, such as Winter Squash, may be better absorbed when consumed with fat-containing foods like extra virgin olive oil.

Foods in This Recipe

Almonds Apples Apricots Asparagus Avocados Bananas Barley Basil Beef, grass-fed Beet greens Beets Bell peppers Black beans Black pepper Blueberries Bok choy Brown rice Brussels sprouts Buckwheat Cantaloupe Carrots Cashews Cauliflower Celery Cheese, grass-fed Chicken, pasture-raised Chili pepper, dried Cilantro & Coriander seeds Cloves Cod Collard Greens Corn, Fresh Sweet Cow's milk, grass-fed Cranberries Cucumbers Cumin seeds Dill Dried peas Eggplant Eggs, pasture-raised Fennel Figs Flaxseeds Garbanzo beans (chickpeas)Garlic Grapefruit Grapes Green beans Green peas Kale Kidney beans Kiwifruit Lamb, grass-fed Leeks Lemon/Limes Lentils Lima beans Millet Miso Mushrooms, crimini Mushrooms, shiitake Mustard greens Mustard seeds Navy beans Oats Olive oil, extra virgin Olives Oranges Oregano Papaya Parsley Peanuts Pears Peppermint Pinto beans Plums & Prunes Potatoes Quinoa Raspberries Romaine lettuce Rosemary Rye Sage Salmon Sardines Scallops Sea vegetables Sesame seeds Shrimp Soy sauce Soybeans Squash, summer Squash, winter Strawberries Sunflower seeds Swiss chard Tempeh Thyme Tofu Tomatoes Tuna Turkey, pasture-raised Turmeric Turnip greens Walnuts Watermelon Whole wheat Yogurt, grass-fed