Roasted Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash with Feta Cheese

I’ve been making this dish for years and years. In fact, I can’t believe, I have never posted this recipe! This is my ultimate “escape dish”, whenever I have to cook up a dinner for the meat eaters, I serve this as a side dish and I have it as main for myself. Just add some grilled tofu or halloumi and it becomes a great weekday dinner as it’s so easy to prepare. The other week, one of my friends reminded me to start making this again – somehow I’ve forgotten making it all winter! It’s super easy to whip up!

Would feta cheese work with sweet potato?

And butternut squash? As a matter of fact, it does! It’s a very healthy and fulfilling meal, hence it’s a weekly or fortnightly staple in our house. The flavour combination of the salty, tangy feta cheese and sweet potatoes (made even sweeter by oven roasting!) is just irresistible. Did you know, that sweet potatoes are 14 times sweeter than traditional potatoes? Their sweet taste comes from the natural sugars that develop as the starch breaks down during cooking. While generally low on the glycemic index, the overconsumption of sweet potatoes can still affect blood sugar in diabetics.

Are sweet potatoes nutritious?

Sweet potatoes are rich in antioxidants, fiber, vitamins and minerals including vitamins A and C, potassium, and zinc. 

Is butternut squash nutritious?

Yes, also a big yes, just like sweet potato. Whilst sweet potatoes are not so much, butternut squash is lower in calories. Good amount of fiber, Vitamin C, Folate (B9), Magnesium, Potassium, Manganese and Calcium.

Tips when making roasted sweet potato and butternut squash with feta cheese

• You can vary this dish as you wish: add different seeds like toasted pumpkin seeds, red onions or shallots – it will all work well.
• It’s a one pot meal: just chop up the vegetables and place them in a baking dish, voila, really not much effort. 
• Herbs can be swapped out too: rosemary, Herbs de Provance, sage, thyme will all work nicely
• Add extra veg: chickpeas, Romano red peppers or even black olives are a great addition to this dish, in case you want to make it more substantial
• Might sound a bit over the top: but maple glaze or honey drizzle on the top when serving takes this recipe to new heights

You know that I don’t like talking too much nonsense about a recipe to fill the space 🙂 So here’s the recipe: enjoy it!

Roasted sweet potato and butternut squash with feta cheese

A lovely vegetarian meal, roasted vegetables, rosemary, feta cheese, pistachios and pine nuts. A perfect side dish!

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Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine French, Mediterranean

Ingredients

  

• 1 medium sweet potato cubed
• 250 gram butternut squash cubed
• 150 gram feta cheese crumbled
• 1 whole garlic bulb halved in the middle
• 4 whole garlic cloves
• 3 branches thyme
• 3 branches rosemary
• 50 gram pine nuts toasted
• 50 gram pistachios roughly chopped and toasted
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

 

• Chop up all the vegetables and place them into a roasting dish alongside with the herbs and mix them with the olive oil.
  
• Place the roasting dish into the oven for about 35 minutes on 175C.
  
• Serve it immediately, adding the feta cheese and the toasted nuts right before serving. 
  

Notes

I sometimes also add some red onion slices to it.

Be careful with the salt usage as the feta cheese is quite salty.

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Another recipe to try if you liked this one: Vegan Paneer And Butternut Squash Curry