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Recipe: Glazed Acorn Squash
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 min.
Cooking Time: 45 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 2 acorn squash\cooked, cut into quarters lengthwise and seeded
  • 4 tsp. unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • aluminum foil
  • 2 Tbs. brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/8 tsp. cinnamon
This Recipe is considered:
Low Cholesterol
Low Sodium
Cooking Directions:
Preheat oven to 400° F. Arrange squash in the bottom of a baking dish large enough to hold squash in a single layer. Brush squash with 2 tsp. melted butter and season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour water into baking dish. Cover with foil and bake 30-35 minutes or until squash is very tender. Combine remaining ingredients in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove squash from oven and drain water from baking dish. Brush squash with brown sugar glaze. Bake another 15 minutes, basting occasionally with sugar mixture until glazed and brown.
 
Per Serving: calories 173, fat 7.4g, calories from fat 39%, protein 2.3g, cholesterol 10.4mg, dietary fiber 4.3g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 173 Milk Exchanges 0.0
Protein 2.3g Vegetable Exchanges 4.3
Carbohydrates 36.3g Fruit Exchanges 0.0
Dietary Fiber 4.3g Bread Exchanges 0.0
Sugar 13.5g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 0.3
Fat Total 7.4g Lean Meat Exchanges 0.0
Saturated Fat 3.0g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 0.0
Mono-unsaturated Fat 3.1g Fat Exchanges 0.8
Poly-unsaturated Fat 1.3g
% Calories from Fat 39%    
Cholesterol 10.4mg
Sodium 13.5mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 132.1IU Calcium 102.6mg
Thiamin (B1) 0.5mg Copper 2.2mg
Riboflavin (B2) 0.3mg Iron 2.2mg
Niacin (B3) 2.1mg Magnesium 93.4mg
Vitamin B6 0.5mg Manganese 0.6mg
Vitamin B12 0.0mcg Phosphorus 104.7mg
Vitamin C 31.2mg Potassium 1000.0mg
Vitamin E 0.6IU Selenium 0.1mcg
Folate 47.6mcg Sodium 13.5mg
Pantothenic Acid 1.1mg Zinc 0.6mg