When it comes to the healthiest winter squash, you might expect butternut or pumpkin to take the top spot.
But many of their often-overlooked cousins have a surprisingly impressive nutritional profile.
From bright orange butternut to pasta-like spaghetti squash, winter squashes offer a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, fiber and healthy plant compounds.
And as flu season gets underway, they may even have protective antioxidants that could ward off pesky winter bugs.
As a registered dietitian, I’m constantly recommending my patients add more squash to their sheet-pan dinners, curries, bowls and pastas.
While there is no single healthiest squash for everyone, certain varieties stand out
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