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Both Butternut Squash and Acorn Squash are cool weather vegetables that deserve a prominent place at your table.

Butternut Squash provides one and a half times your daily recommended amount of vitamin A and nearly half of vitamin C.

Acorn squash supplies nine grams of fiber and nearly one-fifth of your daily potassium.

Note: 1-cup cubed and cooked

• 82 calories
• 6 grams fiber
• 1,444 micrograms vitamin A
• 31 milligrams Vitamin C
• 582 milligrams potassium

Note: 1 cup, cubed and cooked

• 115 calories
• 9 grams fiber
• 43 micrograms vitamin A
• 22 milligrams Vitamin C
• 896 milligrams potassium

See also:
Squash Food Facts
Cooking Tip: Cooking Squash
Grilling Summer Squash
Squash Ravioli Vegetarian Recipe
Wild Rice Squash Risotto Low Fat Recipe
Crab-Stuffed Squash Low Carbohydrate Recipe

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