š„ What Makes This Casserole So Good
Whether you serve it as a side dish or the main star, warm butternut squash is a perfect compliment to your autumn dinner table. Itās rich and buttery, savory and earthy, tender and crispy. Plus the colors are beautiful! Itās incredibly filling and nutritious. Butternut squash and kale are FULL of good-for-you nutrients. Vitamins, antioxidants, fiber ā thereās so much here your body will love. The Italian sausage gives you a little extra protein, too. Prepping for the holiday? Chop all your produce the day before you plan to cook the casserole. I donāt recommend baking the dish in advance or toasting the breadcrumbs too early, but you can at least do the general prep the day before. For leftovers, just refrigerate them in an airtight container up to 5 days, and reheat them in the oven.
š©š¼āš³ Chefās Tips
Try to pack the casserole into as even a layer as you can. If you fill the dish unevenly, your butternut squash casserole wonāt bake evenly, and the texture of the squash will be off. This is noted on the recipe card, but Iām repeating it here for emphasis. Halfway through the bake time, cover the casserole dish with foil so the breadcrumbs wonāt burn or dry out! Be careful, too, that you donāt burn the breadcrumbs on the stovetop. If you tend to shy away from kale, donāt be turned off from this recipe. SautĆ©ing the kale makes it nice and tender, and it takes away some of that bitter flavor you get from raw kale. Massaging the kale first will also help with the taste and texture, but you donāt really need to do that since youāll be cooking it.
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