Baked cod with sage butternut squash

This week I made a supper I just had to tell you about. I visited the supermarket at the perfect time, just as all the reduced food for the day was being put out, and managed to grab a piece of cod for 80p. EIGHTY PENCE! My housemate had a lonely half of butternut squash that he gave to me; that paired with some sage from my garden at home and it was a match made in heaven! After a total of 30 minutes in the oven I had a lovely, healthy supper waiting for me.

I think this supper made me so happy just because it was cheap but delicious! Simple as that!

Obviously this meal serves one, just increase it to the number of mouths you need to feed!

To make baked cod with sage butternut squash you will need:
A piece of cod (or any other white fish)
Squeeze of half a lemon + a slice to bake in the foil
Half a butternut squash
A few sage leaves
Drizzle of oil

Preheat the oven to 180C.

Lie the fish fillet onto some silver foil and squeeze the lemon over it. Place a slice of the lemon on top and wrap the fish fillet up in silver foil.

Chop the butternut squash into bite-size chunks and drizzle with oil. Massage the oil and sage leaves with the butternut squash to totally cover them before popping onto a baking tray. Give it 10 minutes before adding your wrapped fish and bake for a further 20 minutes.

Either serve with some steamed greens (tenderstem broccoli perhaps?) or a crisp salad. Yum yum.

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