GRILLED BUTTERCUP SQUASH SKIN

Easy enough for a week night, delicious and special-feeling for a date night, it's a meal you'll want again and again. This grilled butternut squash, zucchini & steak with chimichurri sauce is so easy, so flavorful and makes for a delicious, balanced meal.

GRILLED BUTTERCUP SQUASH SKIN

Oh, and don't bother peeling it as the thin skin is completely edible and becomes pretty tender when cooked. You can either steam or cook in the microwave, then finish on the grill. You can cook the butternut squash entirely on the grill, but I think it's a bit tricky to get it cooked without being overly charred so I prefer to pre-cook it a bit. Cut the zucchini thickly and put on the grill (spotting a theme?). The steaks just need a gentle seasoning of salt, pepper and olive oil then pop them on the grill. This is nice and quick to make - the sauce ingredients are just whizzed up in a blender/food processor, or chopped finely by hand if it's too small a quantity for your machine. Zucchini is one we often grill as well (like in my Israeli couscous with grilled vegetables) and I was pretty sure it would be good with chimichurri too. Both have that great ability to take on various different flavors well and go with a broad range of herbs and spices. This is a meal that partly came about from what I had in the house, but I was tempted to try grilled butternut squash anyway, since sweet potato works so well (as in my Cuban quinoa bowl). Grilling gives the first flavor lift, and the chimichurri takes an otherwise quick and easy throw-together meal into delicious, almost restaurant-rivaling dining.

The South American sauce is incredibly easy to make, and while traditionally paired with steak it also goes well with chicken or fish and, as we had here, grilled butternut squash and zucchini. Many sauces have the ability to transfer an otherwise good meal into something great, and chimichurri is definitely one of them. This post may contain affiliate links, where we earn from qualifying purchases.

Grilled buttercup squash