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Healthy Alternative Recipes
Grated Squash with Pears and Cranberries

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 shallot or small onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 lb butternut squash, peeled and grated
  • 2 pears, peeled and diced
  • ½ cup homemade chicken stock or vegetable stock or water
  • 3 tbsp dried cranberries
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup or honey
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh mint or chives
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method

  1. Heat oil in a large, deep skillet on medium high heat. 
  2. Add shallot and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. 
  3. Add squash and pears and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
  4. Add stock, cranberries and maple syrup. 
  5. Combine well. 
  6. Stirring often, cook, uncovered, for about 10 minutes, or until squash is tender. 
  7. Season with salt and pepper. 
  8. Sprinkle with mint.

Recipe Notes

Makes 8 servings

Nutritional Value per Serving

  • Calories 123
  • Protein 1.9 g
  • Fat 2.1 g
  • Saturates 0.3 g
  • Cholesterol 0 mg
  • Carbohydrate 27.5 g
  • Fibre 3.7 g
  • Sodium 9 mg
  • Potassium 523 mg


Canadian Diabetes Association
Food Choice Value per Serving

  • 2 Fruits & Vegetables
  • ½ Fats & Oils
  • ½ Sugars

 

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