Pasta with Roasted Butternut Squash and Feta Cheese

Feta Pasta with Roasted Butternut Squash

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Servings: 4

A delicious and easy roasted butternut squash and feta sauce prepared in one pan and mixed with pasta, making it a quick meal!

ingredients

• 3 cups butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and diced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 ounces feta cheese, drained
• 1 onion, peeled and cut into quarters (optional)
• 1 red bell pepper
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1 teaspoon thyme, chopped (or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 8 ounces pasta

directions

1. Coat the butternut squash with olive oil and arrange it in a single layer on a baking sheet.
2. Add the feta, onion, bell pepper, and garlic cloves to the same baking sheet.
3. Roast in a preheated oven at 425F/220C until the butternut squash is tender, approximately 20 minutes.
4. Blend all ingredients from the baking sheet in a food processor.
5. Prepare the pasta as instructed on the package, and once finished, drain while reserving some cooking water.
6. Combine the pasta with the sauce, optionally adding sufficient reserved cooking water to achieve the preferred consistency.

Option: Instead of blending the sauce in a food processor, you can crush it!
Option: Include 1 pint cherry tomatoes, roasting them with the feta and butternut.
Option: Substitute or add 1 teaspoon chopped sage instead of thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried sage).
Option: Substitute or add 1 teaspoon chopped rosemary instead of thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary).
Option: Include a dash of nutmeg!
Option: Include a dash of cinnamon!
Option: Swap out feta cheese for goat cheese/chevre.
Option: Add 1/2 cup heavy or whipping cream.