NEW FAVORITE!!!!

I have watched people cook with it for a while on TV.  I finally bit the bullet the other day and decided to give it a try.  It looks very intimidating but I figured it can't be that hard.  So I did it.  My new favorite.......  Butternut Squash.  IT IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!

I will admit though, I do cheat and by it when I can already peeled and cubed in the produce section.  Just price what is available.  Either way, I promise you will NOT be sorry.  Once cubed it looks like this.....

I typically take it and toss with a small amount of olive oil, very small amount of salt and pepper and the other night I sprinkled a little cinnamon on it.  Place on a cookie sheet and bake on 400 for about 20 minutes until tender.

It looks very much like sweet potatoes.  They are a little sweet and just wonderful!!!!!!!  You can buy the whole squash and cut them like french fries and cook them.  They taste and look like sweet potato fries and they don't have the carbs and they don't have the fat from frying.......It's a win-win food!!!!!!!

Let's compare quickly....
Butternut Squash- per cup (data)
82 calories
22 carbs
Sweet Potatoes-per cup(data)
181 calories
41 carbs.
Granted the butternut squash don't have the fiber that the potato does (you will need to eat other fiber rich foods), it satisfies that desire for a french fry or a sweet potato. 
YUMMY!!!!!!!!
Game On,
Pam