Add something distinctive to your family's Caribbean night! Serve squash flavored with peach, coconut, ginger and spice - baked into a crunchy side dish!
Caribbean Crunch Squash
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 buttercup squash (2 to 2 1/2 lb)
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 2 tablespoons peach or apricot preserves
- 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons shredded coconut
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Cut squash into quarters; remove seeds and fibers. In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, place squash, cut sides up.
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Step2In small bowl, mix butter and preserves. Brush about half of preserves mixture over cut sides of squash pieces. In another small bowl, mix remaining ingredients; sprinkle over squash. Drizzle with remaining preserves mixture.
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Step3Bake uncovered 45 to 60 minutes or until tender.
Nutrition
180
Calories
8g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
24g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 12%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 20%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 65mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 290mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 24g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 19%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 100%
- 100%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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