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Fruit & nut butternut squash quinoa
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Fruit & nut butternut squash quinoa

11 ingredients 10 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Fruit & nut butternut squash quinoa

A crowd-pleasing veggie dish that's packed with flavour and a range of textures from pumpkin, apricots and pistachios

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

769
Calories
36g
Protein
40g
Fat
74g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Quinoa 1 cup cooked (185g) 222
Pistachio 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) 159
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Tahini 1 tbsp (15g) 89
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Pumpkin not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 butternut squash , peeled and cut into small dice
  • 2 onions , cut into thin wedges
  • 2 tbsp olive oil , plus a little extra for drizzling
  • 200g quinoa
  • 4 tbsp natural yogurt
  • 1 tbsp tahini paste
  • juice 1 lemon
  • 85g toasted flaked almonds
  • 85g shelled pistachios
  • 10 dried apricots , sliced
  • handful mint leaves, roughly chopped

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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