Garlicky Baked Butternut Squash

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons minced parsley
• 2 tablespoons sugar free apple sauce
• 2 garlic cloves, minced (or Spice Worlds minced garlic)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 1/2 pounds butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine the parsley, apple sauce, garlic, salt and pepper and parmesan cheese. Add squash and toss to coat.
2. Transfer to an ungreased shallow 2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees F for 50-55 minutes or until squash is just tender.

Hubby's Yum-O Meter

(scale of 1-10)

8.5

Nutritional Value Per Serving (1/6 of recipe):
Calories: 67
Fat: 1g
Carbs: 13g
Protein: 2g
Sodium: 306mg
Fiber: 2g
Sugar: 2g

This is one of my new favorites! It was so good. I had been wanting to try a butternut squash recipe and this one was easy and super yummy! The original recipe, pre my tweeks, came from allrecipes.com I may try this with sweet potatoes too!

Teriyaki Salmon

Ingredients:

• 4 (6 oz) salmon fillets
• 2 Tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
• 1/2 cup sugar free apple sauce
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 4 (6 ounce) salmon steaks

Directions:

1. In a large resealable plastic bag or shallow glass container, combine the first six ingredients; mix well.
2. Set aside 1/2 cup for basting and refrigerate. Add salmon to remaining marinade; cover and refrigerate for 1-1/2 hours, turning once.
3. Drain and discard marinade.
4. Place the salmon on a broiler pan. Broil 3-4 in. from the heat for 5 minutes. Brush with reserved marinade; turn and broil for 5 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
5. Brush with marinade.

Hubby' s Yum-O Meter

(on a scale of 1-10)

5

Nutritional Value per Serving:
(1- 3 oz piece (1/2 fillet) of salmon with sauce)
Cal: 262
Fat: 16g
Carbs: 7g
Protein: 23g
Sodium: 612mg
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 1g

I will have say, this was not one of my favorites. I got the original recipe from allrecipes.com and changed it up just a little bit. It seemed to be bitter or something, I think it was the combination of the ginger and mustard. If you like ginger, youll like the recipe. So needless to say I was a little disappointed, because they looked SO good!

If you eat an entire fillet, note that it is usually 6 ounces and the nutritional value is for 3. Your values would change to the following: cal-432, fat-25, protein-45, sodium-662. The values not listed would remain the same.