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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
- Heat oil in a large, deep skillet on medium high heat.
- Add shallot and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add squash and pears and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
- Add stock, cranberries and maple syrup.
- Combine well.
- Stirring often, cook, uncovered, for about 10 minutes, or until squash is tender.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle with mint.
Recipe Notes
Makes 8 servings
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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
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Canadian Diabetes Association
Food Choice Value per Serving
- 2 Fruits & Vegetables
- ½ Fats & Oils
- ½ Sugars
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