150 Calorie Pumpkin Butter & Maple Stuffed Acorn Squash

I had half of an Acorn Squash left from when I made my 200 Calorie Apple & Chicken Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash - so I decided to use the other half to make a dessert!

Instead of cooking the squash with butter and sugar I thought I would make it healthy by baking it and then adding my Skinny Pumpkin Butter and Sugar Free Maple Syrup!

This was a great Autumn dessert - it's only 150 calories, and it is gluten free, dairy free & vegan!

Recipe:

1 half of an Acorn Squash - 115 calories

4 tablespoons Skinny Pumpkin Butter - 24 calories

1/8 cup Sugar Free Maple Syrup - 10 calories               

= 149 calories

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

2. Fill a baking dish with about 1/2 inch of water, cover with aluminum foil

3. Bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees

4. Remove from oven, fill with pumpkin butter and drizzle maple syrup over the top

5. Enjoy while still warm!

200 Calorie Apple and Chicken Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

In honor of the first night of fall I decided to make a fall-inspired dinner for myself, since it was also my first night back in my apartment for school

I have half a peck of honeycrisp apples that I picked myself so I knew I wanted to include those, and I also wanted to try making acorn squash for the first time. To add some protein I decided to also add a link of Chicken Apple Sausage - you could add more but I had italian beef and sausage for lunch, and I usually don't eat very much meat so I didn't want to go into a meat overload

For this recipe you only need 3 ingredients: an acorn squash, an apple, and sausage

This recipe is Gluten free, Dairy free, and Paleo :)

Recipe:(makes 2 servings)

1 small Acorn Squash - 230 calories

1 small Honeycrisp Apple - 80 calories

2 links Applegate Farms Chicken Apple Breakfast Sausage - 80 calories    

= 390 calories total, makes 2 servings, 195 calories per serving

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Slice open the acorn squash, cutting down the middle from the stem to the pointed end

3. Scoop out the strands and seeds from the middle of the acorn squash
4. Chop up apple and sausage and fill both halves of the squash

5. Place filled squash cut side up in a baking dish(fill the baking dish with about 1/2 inch of water) and cover the dish with aluminum foil
6. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the squash is tender
7. Let cool for 5 minutes before eating, top with cinnamon if desired