Can you eat butternut squash skin

The answer is yes, but there's a caveat. It seems daunting to differentiate between which squash varieties can be cooked skin-on and which you need to break out the vegetable peeler for. All squash skin is edible. Here are are our favorite squash to cook with, ranked from least-palatable skin to totally delicious peel.

You never have to peel a spaghetti squash, but you probably want to avoid eating the skin. Most recipes call for you to bake the squash , sliced down the middle with the shell intact and seeds removed. Once baked, you can use a fork to pull the spaghetti-like strands from the hard shell. Keep in mind, you may not necessarily need to peel a butternut squash unless the recipe calls for peeled and diced squash. It's important to know that edible is not the same as tasty.

The skins of some types of winter squash are far more palatable than others, says assistant food editor Riley Wofford.

She and her test kitchen colleagues will leave the skin on delicata, acorn, and honeynuts —these three types of winter squash have thin skins that soften readily when cooked, and we advocate eating the skins of these varieties for the taste, nutrients, and for less food waste. Next time you slice a delicata into rings ready to roast, don't peel it. Looking for an easy side dish?

Then, work your way up to eating the skin of half an acorn squash. Related: How to Roast Any Vegetable. Turkey who? Get ready for glazed butternut squash to steal the Thanksgiving show. Or, get the deets on Costco's pre-prepped spaghetti squash for easy weeknight dinners. Your official excuse to add "OOD" ahem, out of doors to your cal.

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