- prep: 10 min
- cook: 30 min
- total: 40 min
Summary
A fall-inspired comfort food pasta dinner. Perfect for a meatless meal or vegetarian side dish. The vegan butternut squash pasta sauce is rich and creamy, but also low in fat and calories, so it's healthy!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/4 tsp red pepper chili flakes
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- 1 butternut squash (peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2″ chunks)
- 3 1/2 cups low-sodium vegetable stock
- 340 g whole grain pasta (cooked in salted water according to package directions (reserve 1 cup of the pasta water). I like to use Farfalle (bow-tie pasta) for this recipe, but Penne also works well.)
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (for garnish (omit for vegan option))
Instructions
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Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 279 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 5 g 7.97%
- Saturated Fat: 1 g 6.76%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 6 mg 1.91%
- Sodium: 203 mg 8.48%
- Calcium: 78 mg 7.83%
- Potassium: 113 mg 3.24%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 12.93%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 47 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 3 g 11.01%
- Sugar: 3 g
- Protein: 11 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 53.05%
- Vitamin C 13.57%
- Vitamin D 0.35%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat1
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq