Spicy Apple-Filled Squash

This tasty dish is full of flavor and healthy ingredients, and will warm you up on a cool autumn night.

Ingredients

  • 1 acorn squash (about 1 pound)
  • 1 golden delicious apple, peeled, cored and sliced
  • 2 teaspoons reduced-fat margarine, melted
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • Dash of ground cloves

Directions
Heat oven to 350. Grease a 1-quart baking dish. Halve squash and remove seeds; cut into quarters. Place quarters, skin side up, in dish and cover; bake 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, combine apple, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Turn cut sides of acorn squash up; top with apple mixture. Cover and bake 30 minutes longer or until apples are tender.

Nutritional Information
Serving size: 1/4 of recipe. 80 calories, 2 grams fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 5 milligrams sodium, 0 milligrams cholesterol, 17 grams carbohydrate, 2 grams fiber, 1 gram protein.

Diabetic Exchange
Fruit: 0; vegetables: 2; meat: 0; milk: 0; fat: 0; carbohydrate: 0; other: 0.

Diabetic exchanges are calculated based on the American Diabetes Association Exchange. Exchanges are rounded up or down equal to whole numbers.

Recipe courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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