I second that pie and ice cream idea!!

For your squash? This is from the Barefoot Contessa and it's wonderful stuff. I made this as a side dish one time when we had friends over and after dinner, I started to clear the table. One of our friends put his hand on my arm and said, "Hey, keep that here for awhile" meaning the platter of the veggies. We sat at the table and picked at the veggies, using forks to pick them up and pop the chunks into our mouths. It's nothing exotic by any stretch, but they all loved it, too. (I had doubled the batch, thinking I could make soup with the leftovers the next day, but we ended up munching on the veggies.)
And as Mooch said, the balsamic vinegar would kick it up a bit. Balsamic vinegar is good stuff.
Roasted Winter Vegetables
1 pound carrots, peeled
1 pound parsnips, peeled
1 large sweet potato, peeled
1 small butternut squash (about 2 pounds) peeled and seeded
3 Tbsp. good olive oil
1-1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Cut the carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, and butternut squash into 1-to-1-3/4 inch cubes. All vegetables shrink while cooking, so don't cut them too small.
Place all the vegetables in a single layer on two sheet pans. Drizzle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss well. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender, turning once with a metal spatula.
Sprinkle with parsley, season to taste, and serve hot. Serves 8.
And if you want to make soup sometime from the leftovers, double your veggie recipe and then make this.....
Roasted Winter Vegetable Soup
6-8 cups chicken stock
1 recipe Roasted Winter Vegetables (from above)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
For serving:
Croutons
Olive oil
In a large saucepan, heat 6 cups of chicken stock. In two batches, coarsely puree the roasted vegetables and the chicken stock in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pour the soup back into the pot and season to taste. Thin with more chicken stock and reheat. The soup should be thick, but not like a vegetable puree, so add more chicken stock and/or water until it's the consistency you like.
Serve with croutons and a drizzle of good olive oil. Serves 6-8.