50 Best Winter Squash Recipes
Discover delicious winter squash recipes featuring butternut, delicata, kabocha, and more. Find easy vegan soups, salads, side dishes, mains, and even desserts with these cozy fall meal ideas.
50 Best Winter Squash Recipes (Easy, Healthy & Plant-Based)
Celebrate the flavors of fall and winter with these delicious winter squash recipes! From sweet, nutty butternut squash and tender delicata squash to creamy kabocha and carnival squash, these versatile seasonal vegetables are perfect for creating comforting, plant-based meals. Explore easy winter squash dips, soups, roasted squash side dishes, hearty salads, risottos, and even desserts to bring seasonal ingredients to your table. Whether you’re planning a cozy weeknight dinner, preparing a holiday feast, or looking for new ways to cook with winter squash, this collection offers plenty of flavorful inspiration for healthy vegan and vegetarian cooking. As the days shorten during the fall and winter months and the leaves turn from green to gold to crimson, we pull out our warm sweaters, and turn to soothing, comforting foods featuring seasonal produce. And when you think of fall and winter, you can’t overlook the power of winter squashes! Mother Nature really did it right when she created these wonderful, rugged plant foods in all of the gorgeous shades of autumn: amber, green, gold, and crimson. There are so many types of squash to enjoy, from acorn to carnival to turban. So, what better time to ask some of my favorite bloggers to share their 100% plant-based recipes featuring winter squash? You’ll find kabocha squash recipes, delicate squash recipes and beyond in this fabulous collection of Best 50 Winter Squash Recipes today!
50 Best Winter Squash Recipes
Winter Squash Appetizer Recipes
Acorn Squash & Caramelized Onion Dip, Oh My Veggies (shown above)
Butternut Squash and Cranberry Hemp Crostini, Kara Lydon, RDN, The Foodie Dietitian (shown above)
Roasted Butternut Squash with Pomegranate Sauce, Amy Gorin, MS, RDN, Amy Gorin Nutrition
Rosemary Roasted Delicata Squash, Marisa Moore, RDN, Marisa Moore Nutrition
Slow Cooker Rosemary Acorn Squash, Jenna Braddock, RDN, Make Healthy Easy
Winter Squash Soup Recipes
Butternut Squash Gnocchi Soup, Diana Rice, RDN, The Baby Steps Dietitian
Butternut Squash Pumpkin Soup, Kelli Shallal, MPH, RDN, Hungry Hobby
Delicata Squash Soup with Chinese 5 Spice, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN,The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Genius Butternut Squash Soup, Katie Morford, RDN, Mom’s Kitchen Handbook
Kabocha Squash Leek Soup with Pistachios, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Hazelnuts, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Roasted Butternut Squash Sweet Potato Soup, Jessica Levinson, MS, RDN, Small Bites by Jessica
Spicy Butternut Squash Soup, Aimee Ryan, Wallflower Kitchen
Thai Curried Butternut Squash Soup, Serena Wolf, Domesticate Me (shown above)
Thai Honeynut Squash Soup, Jenny Manseau, RDN, The Creative RD
The Ultimate Creamy Winter Squash Soup, Sophia DeSantis, Veggies Don’t Bite (shown above)
Winter Squash Salad Recipes
Butternut Squash Kale Barley Salad, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Pumpkin Salad, Alexandrea Daum, Occasionally Eggs (shown above)
Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Squash Salad with Horseradish Dressing, Viktoria Radichkova, Viktoria’s Table (shown above)
Warm Kale and Butternut Squash Salad, Kelly Jones, MS, RD, CSSD
Winter Squash Main Dish Recipes
Stuffed Squash with Sage Lentils and Wheat, Sharon Palmer, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Balsamic Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts with Farro, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Beet, Squash, and Kale Autumn Bowl, Sam Turnbull, It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken
Garlic Brussels Sprouts Mac and Cheese, Florian Nouh, Contentedness Cooking
Butternut Squash and Almond Ricotta Pizza, Linda Meyer, Veganosity
Butternut Squash Buddha Bowl, Amy Katz, Veggies Save the Day (shown above)
Butternut Squash Gratin with Creamy Rosemary Cashew Cream, Vicki Berman, Avocado Pesto (shown above)
Butternut Squash, Kale, and Cranberry Rice, Amanda Hernandez, RDN, The Nutritionist Reviews
Chickpea Kale Curry With Spaghetti Squash, Shahzadi Devje, RDN, Desi-licious RD
Chickpea Pumpkin Dill Burgers, Katie Culpin, Delightful Vegans
Golden Butternut and Crispy Sage Risotto, The Vegan Larder
Kale, Quinoa, and Cranberry Stuffed Acorn Squash, Julie Harrington, RDN
Lentil Butternut Squash Wellington, Sharon Palmer, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Mediterranean Spaghetti Squash, Anjali Lalani,Vegetarian Gastronomy
Moroccan-Spiced Vegan Stuffed Squash, Melissa Copeland, The Stingy Vegan (shown above)
Pulled Butternut Squash Tacos, Richa Hingle, Vegan Richa
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Butternut Squash, Elena Szeliga, Happy Kitchen. Rocks
Roasted Butternut Squash Kale Farro Pilaf, Judith Scharman Draughon, MS, RDN, LD and author of Lean Body, Smart Life
Stuffed Acorn Squash with Wild Rice, Apples and Caramelized Onions, Abbey Sharp, RDN, Abbey’s Kitchen
Stuffed Squash with Walnut and Beans, Evi Orvacez, Green Evi (shown above)
Stuffed Acorn Squash with Quinoa and Cranberries, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Winter Squash Dessert Recipes
Butternut Squash Apple Pie, Amy Lyons, Fragrant Vanilla Cake
Butternut Squash Cake, Exceedingly Vegan
Butternut Squash Cream Tarts, Crystal Dawn Culinary (shown above)
Chai and Pumpkin (almost) Raw Cheesecake, Anthea Cheng, Rainbow Nourishments (shown above)
Cinnamon Raisin Butternut Squash Squares, Melissa Gould, Wee Little Vegans (shown above)
Cinnamon Squash Bread with Cinnamon Squash Icing, Jennifer Sebestyen, Veggie Inspired
Creamy Butternut Squash Pudding, Love and Lemons (shown above)
Golden Butternut Icebox Cake, Audrey Snowe, Unconventional Baker (shown above)
