Great Recipe

I just wanted to share a great new recipe I found.  It is Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash.  If you haven't tried all the different types of squash you should pick a different one each week and try it.  They are so amazing.  I hated all of them except yellow crooked neck squash before I had WLS - now I love all of them.

Spaghetti Squash is a great alternative to anything that you normally fix with pasta or noodles.

Here is the link to the Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash recipe.

http://lowcarboneday.com/2013/10/stuffed-acorn-squash.html

Of course I made a few substitutions.  I used Turkey Sausage Crumbles instead of regular sausage. I used turnip greens instead of Kale - I think I could have left both out and enjoyed it a little more and I used low fat mozerella cheese.

DH even ate one of them and said they were really good.  He said one thing could have made it better - adding rice to it - well I told him that would defeat the purpose of it.  He then asked me what the purpose of it was - I said to be low carb......

Do you have any great new recipes you would like to share with us? 

I am going to try an Apple Cinnamon Loaf recipe this weekend - with substitutions of course.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Linda

Your hubby is so old school!  Cute, but old school. Rice goes with everything! lol

LOL Gina, since I no longer cook rice, I finally gave in and bought him some of the rice that you just throw in the boiling water and boil for 8-10 minutes!!  He is that because he thinks you must have a carb(potato or rice) with almost every meal.

good deal, Linda.  I've been thinking a winter recipe post would be fun.

My spaghetti squash deal turned out really good the other night.  I don't cook with recipes but here is what was in it.  DH liked it even with the kale.

I cooked 3 strips of bacon and 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into strips, until no longer pink in a large skillet with a lid.  Then added about 4 cups of chopped kale and let that cook for 20 min or so, until it had cooked down.  I added a chicken seasoning packet and just enough water to keep it from sticking.  While that was cooking, I nuked my spaghetti squash 4 min until soft, the cut it open, cleaned out the seeds, turned it cut down and nuked it another 4 min or so until done.  Scraped it out into the kale and chicken mix.  Put in about 1/3c Italian herb cream cheese cooking stuff and sprinkled parmesean cheese over it and mixed. 

It made a ton and I had leftovers for 2 more meals.  Yummmm

That sounds so good Price.  Thanks, I'll have to mark this and try it.  I now love all kinds of squash and like to try different things with it.

I know NOTHING about squash!  How do I buy it...clean it...cook it?

Here is a link to everything you ever wanted to know about squash.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/squash.htm

The acorn squash is easier to work with than the butternut or spaghetti squash. 

I just cut the acorn squash in half and scooped out the seeds with a spoon. 

I cooked it on 350 in the oven.  I don't think the recipe had the oven temperature on it.

I love the spaghetti squash as a noodle or pasta, but it is a lot hard to cut apart and takes a lot of strength that I don't have.  The butternut is hard also, but it is so rich and buttery.  They are worth the extra hard work!!

Can you post the Carbquik Cinnamon Muffin recipe again....?  I've been looking for it everywhere.

Ingredients	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Carbquik - Baking Mix (Net Carbs), 2 cup	541	96	36	36	1,261	0
Splenda - Granulated - Pourable, Not Packets, 4 Tbsp (1.5g)	0	2	0	0	0	0
Hood - Calorie Countdown - Milk, 2% Reduced Fat/Low Carb, 1 cup	70	3	5	5	180	3
Splenda - Brown Sugar Blend, 12 packed tsp.	240	48	0	0	0	48
Land O Lakes - Light Spreadable Butter, 2 Tbs	100	0	10	0	180	0
Spices - Cinnamon, ground, 4 tsp

I copied and pasted this from MyFitnessPal so it looks a little funny.  I think I creamed the butter and splenda together.  Mix the carbquik, cinnamon, brown sugar together and stir it in the creamed butter and splenda.  Then pour the milk in and stir together.

How much brown sugar....I am confused by what it says.  How did you send it to me before so I can look for it.  Was it on M&M?