Maple-Glazed Squash from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Maple-Glazed Squash Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1 large acorn squash, cut into fourths,
and seeds discarded
Butter-flavored vegetable cooking spray, as needed
1 large tart cooking apple, unpeeled, cored,
and sliced
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
=== MAPLE-FLAVORED SYRUP ===
1 cup apple juice
2 1/2 tsp cornstarch
1 3/4 tsp Equal for Recipes
= (or 6 packets Equal sweetener
or 1/4 cup Equal Spoonful)
1 tbsp margarine
1 tsp maple extract
1 tsp vanilla

Recipe Instructions:

Place squash, cut-sides up, in baking pan; add 1/2 cup hot water. Bake, covered, in preheated 400 degree oven until squash is tender, 30 to 40 minutes.

Spray medium skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat until hot. Add apple, raisins, and walnuts and cook over medium heat until apple slices are tender, about 5 minutes.

To prepare syrup, mix apple juice, cornstarch and Equal in small saucepan; heat to boiling. Boil, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 1 minute.

Remove from heat; add margarine, maple extract, and vanilla, stirring until margarine is melted.

Add syrup to apple mixture; cook until hot throughout, 2 to 3 minutes.

Place squash wedges on serving platter; spoon apple mixture over wedges.

This recipe yields 4 servings. Serving size: 1/4 recipe.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 1/2 Bread, 1 1/2 Fat, 1 Fruit.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 228; Total Fat 8g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 41mg; Carbohydrate 40g; Protein 2g.

Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-24-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2000"

Servings: 4

“Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish.”

~ Henry Miller, American writer (1891-1980)

 

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