{"id":16096,"date":"2017-04-10T12:02:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=16096"},"modified":"2023-06-26T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:06:32","slug":"roasted-butternut-squash-zucchini-pasta-bake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/roasted-butternut-squash-zucchini-pasta-bake","title":{"rendered":"Roasted Butternut Squash Zucchini Pasta Bake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I love easy simple dinners and this certainly ticked all the boxes. This Roasted Butternut Squash Zucchini Pasta Bake is a perfect family friendly meal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday was a quite a busy day, kids were off School, the weather was glorious, so I knew I wanted dinner all prepared, so I could just place in the oven and not have to stress about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pasta bake seemed perfect. So it was a simple case of browsing what I already had on hand in the fridge that I could combine with some pasta for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The day before I had cooked up another batch of my delicious Cream of Tomato Soup<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (as the kids really loved that). There was a tub of some leftovers that caught me eye and I just knew it would be a perfect sauce for the pasta and would save me time on that part of the dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I grab some leftover butternut squash and a zucchini and settled for a veggie pasta bake, because the more vegetables the better right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cubing up the butternut squash, I seasoned with some salt, pepper and garlic powder and sprayed with oil and got that into the oven to roast while I cooked up the pasta and prepared the other ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The zucchini I just chopped up, no saut\u00e9ing or cooking as it cooks pretty quickly, so is fine to just go into the Roasted Butternut Squash Zucchini Pasta Bake just as it is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then all that is left to do, is mix all together, top with some cheese - because a pasta bake just has to have cheese, right? and then pop in the oven and it's all done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For sides I just served this Roasted Butternut Squash Zucchini Pasta Bake with a simple salad of mixed baby green, red onion and pomegranate. I love adding pomegranate to salads, the pips add a lovely crunchy sweetness to the salad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drizzle on top a dressing of you choice or check out this ranch dressing<\/strong><\/a><\/span>  or lime and cilantro dressing<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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