Butternut Chicken Stew

This is the perfect meal to warm up this season. Winter squash of any kind—butternut, acorn, kabocha, delicata—is a great complex carbohydrate to include in our diet. For one cup of butternut squash, you get about 3g of fiber, 16g of carbs and a great source of vitamin A and vitamin C at 63 calories. That’s a lot of nutrition for that much energy! Winter squash is also lower carb than potatoes for the same serving size, but it has a similar texture, making it a great choice for those who are watching their blood sugar. —Dana Mealing, RDN, LDN, community nutrition educator, Tevis Center for Wellness 

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