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Baked Stuffed Pumpkin Recipe

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From American Diabetes Association Holiday Cookbook (Prentice Hall Press), for About.com

This diabetic recipe combines apples, pineapple, and walnuts in a stuffing for pumpkin. You don't have to be on a diet to enjoy this dish.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes

Ingredients:

Preparation:

Cut the top off the pumpkin and remove the seeds. Place cut side down in a baking pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about 40 minutes or until soft.

With a metal spoon, scrape out the cooked pumpkin, leaving a 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick shell. Process the apples in a food processor until chunky. Add pineapple, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to the pumpkin and process until just mixed. Spoon into the pumpkin shell. Cover with the top. Bake in 400-degree F oven for 45 minutes or until the filling is hot.

Per serving: 118 calories, 18 gm carbohydrate, 3 gm protein, 5 gm fat, 3 mg sodium, 376 mg potassium, 0 cholesterol.

Exchanges: 1 vegetable exchange, 1 fruit, 1 fat

Yield: 8 servings

Recipe Source: American Diabetes Association Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman (Prentiss Hall Press)
Reprinted with permission.

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the best pumpkin ever!April 23, 2008By duncan77mccabe
"i love pumkins soooo much, but i never thought of baking them. I invited the whole town to try my pumpkin! Now i have many friends. This pumpkin has changed my life."

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