It's Thanksgiving in a week!!!
This time it’s “eat the PUMPKING PIE and
not get fat!”
Don’t you just love fall? I know I do!
The scarves, the sweaters and squash!
Best time of the year to go to the
farmers’ market if you ask me…
What do I love? Squash!!!
Why?
Here are a few reasons that should convince
you to eat it:
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It’s full of fibre.
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It’s low in calories.
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It’s high on vitamins A and C.
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Squash is a high source of protein (the seeds).
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Squash is high in omega 3 (the seeds).
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Squash improves your heart health.
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Squash also controls blood pressure.
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Squash helps fighting cataract.
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Squash decreases the chance of suffering from lung cancer or from any
other lung problems.
And now after you all pumped up and are ready
to go to buy any kind of squash out there let’s talk about what to do with
them.
Well, the possibilities are endless, so
let’s explore just a few of them.
1)
When you prepare squash ALWAYS keep the seeds. As I mentioned above they
are high in omega 3 (the kind of fat you WANT and NEED) and protein.
Wash
the seeds, dry them and roast them on 325F.
2) Fill the Acorn! Cut in half, take the seeds
out (roast them) and fill it. You can fill it with veggies and add quinoa. Now
this is when it gets tricky, for the acorn to taste better you need to put
butter and brown sugar/maple syrup, so don’t have it every night but have it a
few times a season because it’s soooo good!
Bake
them for 30 minutes in 450F.
3) Make soup from scratch!
Choose
whichever squash you want peel them, take out the seeds (roast them) cut into
cubes and put it in a pot (you can add garlic and onion). Fill water until all
is covered.
Cook
until the squash is soft and you can make puree out of it. You can add more
water if you need. Add half a cup of your choice of milk (0.25 cup of thick
coconut milk), parsley and nutmeg.
4) Make puree pumpkin, add any sweetener
of your choice (I like maple syrup) add
cocoa, oats and your choice of nuts.
Make
truffles and put in the fridge.
5) Spaghetti squash! Or, how I like
to look at it, “eat spaghetti, skip the calories”. You read right: there is a
way to enjoy both worlds, and squash is the way!
Cut
in half, take out the seeds, DON’T PEEL! Bake in oven for 40 minutes at 375F.
Run
a fork in it to separate it. Make pasta sauce and enjoy!
6) Feel like something crispy? Take
zucchini squash, cut it really thin and bake with olive oil for 20 minutes on
375F. Yum Yum!
7) Make gluten free, dairy free,
deep fried free veggie burgers just by using butternut!
What
do I do? I cook the butternut until I can make puree from it and then I add
lentils/legumes and any other veggies/herb. I make a mini burger and bake it
for 45 minutes on 375F.
8) The possibilities are endless but
there are a few websites with more ideas! So there you go:
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for butternut fries try : http://www.fitnessblender.com/v/article-detail/Healthy-Butternut-Squash-Fries-Recipe-Low-Calorie-Gourmet-Fries/ah/
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for wowing pumpkin soup try: http://www.naturalhealthmag.com.au/nourish/pumpkin-pear-soup-crumbled-stilton
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for a bowl of comfort winter food try: http://www.naturalhealthmag.com.au/nourish/pumpkin-and-chickpea-tagine
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And of course you can’t have a fall without pumpkin pie! You get 2
options of gluten free and dairy free: http://cleancuisineandmore.com/dairy-free-pumpkin-pie-recipe-gluten-free-pumpkin-pie-recipe/, and
Now go and explore! Enjoy the holidays
and don’t worry about the pounds because you can
EAT THE CAKE AND NOT GET FAT!
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