26 butter squash recipes

Island-style chicken stir-fry in a creamy peanut-curry sauce with garlic, ginger, fish sauce, and red curry paste. Loaded with carrots, zucchini, squash, bean sprouts, and crunchy chopped peanuts.

A velvety Mexican-inspired bisque of yellow summer squash, tomatillos, roasted Anaheim and jalapeno chiles, thickened naturally with corn tortillas. Finished with cool sour cream and crunchy tortilla chips. Ready in 45 minutes.

Maritime-style seafood chowder brimming with mixed seafood, garden vegetables, and a splash of wine in a creamy bacon-kissed broth that freezes beautifully for make-ahead meals.

Light summer vegetable soup with green beans, yellow squash, and spinach. Garden-fresh vegetables in a Worcestershire-seasoned broth ready in 50 minutes.

Rich winter vegetable stock made with squash, celeriac, leeks, lentils, and fresh herbs, stewed then simmered for deep seasonal flavor. A vegan soup base.

Christmas Eve couscous with a spiced vegetable stew of squash, carrots, broad beans, and zucchini, served with harissa, chickpeas, raisins, pine nuts, and yogurt. A vegetarian North African feast.

Cajun shepherd's pie with a spicy beef and pork meatloaf base, julienned zucchini and squash, and creamy buttery mashed potatoes browned on top. Louisiana comfort food at its finest.

A fancy turkey pot pie baked in Mini squash halves and topped with whole wheat herbed biscuits.

Quinoa and butter beans simmered with sweet potato, butternut squash, and dried cranberries in orange juice and warm spices. A colorful vegetarian main packed with fall harvest flavors.

Two-loaf zucchini nut bread with shredded summer squash squeezed dry, cinnamon-scented batter, and chopped nuts folded throughout. The end-of-summer garden gift loaf.