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Baked Acorn Squash with Apple Stuffing


Acorn squash is the most common member of the winter squash family. It's bright-orange flesh bakes beautifully, coming out moist, rich, and tender, and its pretty dark green and orange-streaked shell makes a perfect container for the delicious apple stuffing.

Number of Servings: 4
Serving Size: 1/2 squash
Ingredients
Name Measure Weight
small acorn squash, halved and seeded 2 ea ---
apples, peeled and diced 1 ea ---
celery, diced 2 Tbsp ---
onion, finely chopped 2 Tbsp ---
margarine,melted 2 tsp ---
salt 1 pinch ---
fresh ground black pepper 1 pinch ---
Preparation Instructions
1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare a square baking pan with nonstick pan spray.
2 Place the squash cut side down in a baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
3 While the squash is baking, combine the apples,celery, onion, margarine, and 2 tablespoons water in a medium bowl; mix well.
4 Turn the squash cut sides up. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Divide the apple mixture to fill the cavities of the squash. Bake the stuffed squash halves, covered with foil, for 30 minutes more. Serve hot.
* This recipe yields 6 servings.
* Serving size: 1/2 cup.
* Comments: Crushed pineapple enhances the sweet taste of acorn squash.
Nutrition Information
Amount per serving
Calories 87
Calories From Fat 19
Total Fat 2 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Cholestrol 0 mg
Sodium 63 mg
Total Carbohydrate 18 g
Dietary Fiber 5 g
Sugars 10 g
Protein 1 g

[skinnypeep]

Article on sprinting and exercise:
http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/artic ... 763&page=1

Weeks 1 and 2:
Begin the core program with 50 full-range sit-ups and 10 to 15 push-ups a day, along with light stretching: “hamstring stretches, calf raises, and back raises (lie on your back and lift your upper body four inches off the mat, using your elbows),” says Collins. No running or jogging.

[skinnypeep]

Now that I exercise in the morning I am just FAMISHED all day. This morning I had

S1: Breakfast bar (trail mix)
B: moatmeal, coffe
S2: Triscuits and cheese
L: Reuben sandwich, salad

and I am sure I will want more food soon!!!!

[misskt84]

just wanted to say hi!! its been awhile. Congrats on the engagment, upcoming wedding and all the stuff! how ya been?

[skinnypeep]

Hey MissKT!!! Welcome back. I'll stop by and "visit" your journal soon... just gotta get this recipe in-

For two salmon steaks:

1 tbsp dijon mustard
2 tsps garlic (adjust to your taste, original recipe only called for 1 tsp)
1.5 tsps soya sauce
3 tbsps evoo

marinade salmon in half of mixture. heat grill and grill salmon 5 mins each side, pour remaining marinade over fish when they come off the grill...sooo good!

[skinnypeep]

So I got a job, finally (YAY!!) after 3 looong months of being unemployed. So I'm happy about the job, but not so happy about the new time constraints. I start Monday, so this week I have been getting up at 6:30 so I can practice going to the gym before work. So far so good, but because I haven't been sleeping well, I am a zombie by about 3 or 4pm. Not sure how to remedy this. Before I would still not sleep well but I would just go back to sleep till 8 or 9. I will try taking Melatonin for a couple of days and see if that helps.

I have to say I am happy about the job but sad to see my freedom go...