Cleaned up Twice Baked Butternut Squash

Do you see a lot of recipes you'd like to try, but find that they just don't fit into your clean eating regime?? It's SO simple to Clean Up ANY of your recipes...they may not be perfect in the end, but you can replace a lot of the ingredients with healthier versions!

Recently I found a tasty looking Twice Baked Acorn Squash Recipe!! I've been sick of the same ole Broccoli, and green beans, so I thought I'd try and Clean up the recipe a bit, and spice up my vegetable intake...get out of that "RUT" for a few days shall we say! :)

The original recipe had-
Butter and oil which I eliminated
Regular Bacon, which I substituted with Turkey Bacon (leaner)
Parmesan Cheese-Substituted with Nutritional Yeast (used a lot by vegetarians...High in Vitamin B and has a nutty cheesy flavor)
The grocery store didn't have any Acorn Squash this day, so I just substituted Butternut Squash...use whatever you'd like!!! :)

 

Ingredients-

Large Butternut Squash
5oz Frozen Spinach (1/2 of the usual frozen package)
Two Slices of Turkey Bacon, cooked and crumbled
... 4Tbsp of Nutritional Yeast, (three TBSP in Mix, reserve one TBSP to sprinkle on top before Baking)
2 Tbsp Thinly sliced Green Onion
1/4Tsp Salt
1/8Tsp Cayenne ( I used a lot more than this...I like spicy!!)
Cut squash in half; discard seeds. Place squash upside down on a baking sheet coated with nonstick cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until tender. Scoop out squash and mash until smooth. In a large bowl, combine squash pulp, spinach, bacon, 3 T. Nutritional Yeast, green onion, salt, and cayenne. Spread into a greased casserole dish; sprinkle with remaining Nutritional Yeast, Bake for 25-30 minutes or until heated through and top is golden brown.

 

Try it out!! It may not be as decadent and sinful as the original version, but it was still SUPER tasty!!!

 

Here is a helpful Chart with common Ingredient substitiutions to "Healthify" otherwise poor recipe choices :) haha