Butternut Squash and Black-Eye Pea Skillet
Creamy roasted squash with seasoned black-eye peas delivers a satisfying vegetarian dinner that tastes far richer than its price.
- Per serving
- $0.87
- Serves
- 4
- Time
- 35 min
- Whole dinner
- $3.48
Ingredients
1 medium squash, about 2 lb Butternut squash
On sale at Publix: Fall Hard Squash, Acorn, Butternut, Buttercup, or Spaghetti Squash; or Pie Pum
$0.99$1.991 can, 15 oz Glory Foods Blackeye Peas, Seasoned, Southern Style
On sale at Publix: Glory Foods Blackeye Peas, Or Vegetables, Seasoned, Southern Style, 14.5 or 15-oz can
$1.05$2.092 tablespoons Plant Butter Sticks
On sale at Publix: Country Crock Spread, 15-oz; or Plant Butter Sticks, 16-oz pkg.
$2.50$5.991 teaspoon Garlic powder
On sale at Publix: Badia Garlic Powder Value Pack, 8 oz (226.8 g)
$2.49$5.191 cup Vegetable stock or broth
On sale at Publix: College Inn Broth, Or Bold or Vegetable Stock, 32-oz ctn.; or Rotel Tomatoes, 1
$1.70$3.39to taste Salt
pantryto taste Black pepper
pantry1 cup Frozen peas
about $1.25
Prices are from Publix the week of October 11, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.
Steps
- Cut squash in half, scoop out seeds, and cut flesh into 1-inch cubes; you should have about 4 cups.
- Heat 2 tablespoons plant butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add squash cubes in a single layer; let them sit 4 to 5 minutes until golden, then stir and continue cooking until mostly tender, about 10 minutes more.
- Pour in broth, sprinkle garlic powder, stir in the black-eye peas with their liquid, and add frozen peas.
- Simmer 5 minutes until peas are hot and squash is completely tender; season with salt and pepper.
Why it’s cheap
5 of the 8 ingredients were on sale at Publix the week of October 11, 2026, led by butternut squash at $0.99 instead of $1.99.
The sale items rang up $9.92 under their regular prices.
Penny Meals prices a dinner by the share of each package you actually cook, adds an estimated shelf price for anything that wasn’t on sale, and counts pantry staples like oil and salt as free. That came to $0.87 a serving, or $3.48 for 4 servings.
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