What better way to welcome in the fall than with a Butternut Squash Risotto recipe! This Butternut Squash Risotto tastes absolutely decadent. Its rich, creamy flavor is surprising in this vegan and gluten free dish.
Butternut Squash Risotto, Vegan Gluten-Free
Risotto is elegant enough to serve at a nice dinner party, but can be enjoyed any night of the week with this easy recipe. You can garnish your Butternut Risotto with some fresh, chopped herbs like thyme or sage for an extra level of flavor. The recipe calls for a blender or food processor and I highly recommend the Blendtec Blender ! and check out my Blendtec review HERE!
Recipe for Butternut Squash Risotto, Vegan Gluten-Free:
Butternut Squash Risotto
What better way to welcome in the fall than with a Butternut Squash Risotto recipe! This Butternut Squash Risotto tastes absolutely decadent. Its rich, creamy flavor is surprising in this vegan and gluten free dish.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 473kcal
Ingredients
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 1 ½ cups risotto short grain rice, like Arborio
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons vegan butter like Earth Balance
- 5 cups vegetable broth
- 1 small butternut squash cubed and roasted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Cut butternut squash into 1 inch cubes, and roast for about 30-40 minutes
- In a medium saucepan, heat oil and butter over medium/high heat
- Saute onion until golden
- Add risotto and stir over medium heat for 3-5 minutes
- Just cover risotto with broth and simmer, stirring constantly
- As risotto absorbs the broth, add remaining broth, a little at a time
- Continue stirring until all liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes
- Remove from heat
- In a blender or food processor, puree squash
- Stir pureed squash into risotto
Notes
Nutritional values are based on one serving
Nutrition
Calories: 473kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 642mg | Potassium: 757mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 20510IU | Vitamin C: 41.4mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 4.5mg
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This sounds interesting. I have never had risotto before. It looks delicious.
This is such a comfort food…so creamy.
(Butternut Squash Risotto, Vegan Gluten Free) This butter nut squash for risotto sounds really good to me. My brothers and I just made a shrimp and parmesan cheese risotto together last weekend and it turned out really good. It was so yummy tasting too.
I might need to give this a try. I love all things butternut squash!
This sounds delicious! I have never had butternut squash risotto, but it sounds like such a great flavor for risotto! I will definitely be trying this soon. Thanks for sharing!
I love Risotto’s. Thanks.
This looks so delicious. Be a great dish for Fall!
Butternut squash is one of my fav!
Mmmm!! I LOVE squash!! This sounds like the most perfect Fall dish!! I will have to try it! Hopefully we still have some squash in our stores!
Looks amazing!!
ooh this does sound like an excellent recipe for the holidays, and also, just any week day!! I’d like to try this.
Ohhhhh, this looks so incredible! I love butternut squash! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
(Butternut Squash Risotto, Vegan Gluten-Free) This recipe sounds so good to me, my brother and I have made all kinds of risottos before. My fave is mushroom.
This recipe looked so good, I copied it down. I am going to make squash this coming weekend. I thank you so much for the share.
Looks like a great recipe, I love risotto and butternut squash, of which I have even grown my own in seasons past! Thanks for sharing!
This looks delicious! I love the idea of a butternut squash anything— but hadn’t thought of risotto! Great recipe and easy to make!
I love butternut squash! Bet this is fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing!
A very healthy yet delicious recipe that I would like try. Thank you!
this looks awesome and great as it gets colder
I’m not usually a fan of squash but this looks very tasty. I have to try it.
I look forward to making this. It looks delicious!
This butter nut squash risotto is so easy and delicious looking I am going to have to give it a try.I love that it’s perfect for fall and so different from the ordinary.Thank you.
This looks delicious, I can’t wait to give it a try. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
This sounds just delightful. Thank you for sharing with us.
My family and I love Butternut Squash recipes. I will be making this for dinner tonight
This looks super good and I think I could even make this one. Thanks for sharing!
This looks delicious. I haven’t made risotto for a long time. I love the idea of using butternut squash!
wow, this risotto looks absolutely delicious~
This risotto looks incredible! Haven’t made vegan risotto yet and this might be the recipe I have to try…
Looks delicious and easy, will have to try it for my next potluck!
Looks delish! Gonna try this. I am a big fan of risotto.
It was 90 degrees here today, probably too soon for this recipe, but I will definitely be trying when the weather cools down. It looks delicious!
This looks so good. I wish I had some now. Thanks for sharing this.
Looks so delicious!