Quick dinner from Taste of Home, minor adjustments. It calls for about half a medium butternut. I used all of a tastier acorn-shaped variant. I was skeptical about the squash cooking so fast on the stove but it did.

• 1 cup quinoa
• 1.5 cups water
• 2 t cumin
• 2 T butter
• 3ish c cubed peeled squash
• 1 t salt
• 3/4 t italian seasoning (or some other mix like Mrs. Dash)
• pepper
• 1/2 c crumbled feta
• toasted pine nuts

1. Cook the quinoa with the cumin.
2. Meanwhile, brown the butter then add the squash and seasonings. Cook, covered, until tender, 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Toss quinoa, squash, feta, and pine nuts.

originally submitted by jes_p on Feb 10, 2023