My middle name should have been pumpkin. I absolutely love this squash for a boatload of reasons. It's low calorie (45 in one full cup) and loaded with vitamin A (good for the eyes) and potassium (good for the heart). Is that why whenever I see pumpkin my heart melts....?
Ingredients
- 1 sugar pumpkin rule of thumb, pick one a little bigger than the size of your head
- Cooking Spray
Instructions
- Stab the pumpkin a few times with a large knife (be very careful).
- Place in the microwave for 5-8 minutes.
- Take out pumpkin and immediately break off stem and slice in half.
- Let it cool for 5 minutes, then with a very large spoon scoop out the insides and all the stringy bits
- Slice pumpkin halves into a total of 4-6 slices
- With a vegetable peeler, peel the outside skin. If its very tough skin and this isn't doing it for you use a large sharp knife to cut away at the skin.
- Warning...the scooping and peeling part of this is kind of annoying. I usually pour a glass of wine for this and put on the TV....
- After this you can chunk it into cubes.
- Place on a baking sheet lined with tin foil and coated with cooking spray. Add kosher salt and pepper and then spray the top.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
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Notes
Nutrition Facts: 1 cup (cooked)
Calories: 45
Protein: 1.7g
Carbs: 11g
Fiber: 2.5g
What should i do with it? **Place in a tupperware container, it stays for the week Add it to a salad with avocado and grilled chicken. You don't even need dressing for this! Make a sandwich with turkey and spread the pumpkin on the sandwich to give it extra thanksgiving-ish flavor Toss it into your cheese omelet eat it plain cold while you're cooking Throw it into a smoothie with 1 tsp brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, peaches and greek yogurt (omit adding salt and pepper before baking...you could also use canned here) Toss other vegetables into it before roasting like butternut squash, carrots and sweet potato. Add some cinnamon and sugar at the end.