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 hours, 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 pound pumpkin, washed
- 2 apples, cored, quartered
- 1/2 cup pineapple chunks
- 1/2 cup broken walnuts
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
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 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.
