Healthy Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash

As promised, here is a healthy dinner SIDE DISH, chalked full with apples and a perfect match to any chicken or pork entree. I can't wait to smell this cooking in my oven tonight, wafting the warmth & comfort vibe that any fall meal should evoke. It is courtesy of Fruits & Veggies - More Matters.

Healthy Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash

Yields 8 servings

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup raisins
• 2 acorn squash (about 4" in diameter)
• 8 seconds butter-flavor cooking oil spray
• 2 tablespoons sucralose no-calorie sweetener (ex. Splenda)
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 medium Fuji apples (or another of your choice)
• 2 tablespoons light butter

Directions

1. Cover raisins with warm water and soak for 20 minutes; then drain.
2. While soaking, preheat oven to 375°F.
3. Cut acorn squash into quarters and remove the seeds.
4. Spray the inside of each squash quarter with one second of cooking oil spray.
5. Mix sweetener and cinnamon together. Sprinkle squash quarters with 1/2 of cinnamon mixture.
6. Bake for 10 minutes.
7. While baking, cut apples into quarters and remove the core. Chop apples into 1/2" pieces.
8. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
9. Add apples, raisins and remaining cinnamon mixture. Mix well and remove from heat.
10. Take squash from the oven and top with equal amounts of apple mixture, making sure to scrape saucepan well.
11. Squash needs all the melted butter to stay moist as it bakes.
12. Return squash to the oven and cook for 30-35 minutes or until apples and squash are tender. Serve warm.

Nutritional Information (per serving) Calories: 101 Total Fat: 3.2g Saturated Fat: 1g % of Calories from Fat: 25% Protein: 1g Carbohydrates: 21g Cholesterol: 4 mg Dietary Fiber: 3g Sodium: 28mg


Until Tomorrow!

Keep healthy, keep safe and keep going!

Have an awesome day!

♥Fit~NOW~Girl♥