Squash is a staple of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, but I have to admit, I don’t love it. When I first started SCD, I ate it quite often because I didn’t know a lot of things to make and I wanted to bulk up my meals a little.
As I started to come up with new ideas and come up with my own recipes, I stopped eating as much squash. However, I do think it’s a good healthy food that has a lot of verstality I haven’t fully explored.
Right now, we’re in a stay-at-home phase due to the Covid-19 pandemic and that means a lot more cooking with whatever is available in the fridge, freezer, or pantry. In this case I had a bag of riced buttern\ut squash sitting unopened in my freezer.
I tossed in the microwave, decided against having it with the meal I was making that night (mexican casserole) and put the now cooked squash in the fridge. I knew I needed to use it up – no food wasted is the current motto of the day, so I came up with the idea of turning into tots.
I turned out to be a great idea because these are tasty and make a great side dish. These are baked so they are very healthy and low in fat. They’re a great lower-carb alternative to potatoes – which we can’t have anyway.
SCD Butternut Squash Tots
Ingredients
- 1 10 oz bag riced butternut squash You can rice your own – should be about 1 ½ cups riced, or diced very small, squash
- 1 large egg
- 2 tbsp coconut flour (or SCD breadcrumbs)
- 2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 clove minced garlic
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
Instructions
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Heat oven to 375°F
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Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicon liner
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Cook squash until it is just tender – if using microwave, cook for a minute under instructions on bag
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Allow squash to cool down a bit and then place it in a mesh bag, or use a clean dish towel, and squeeze out as much water as you can. There should be about a cup a squash aftrer squeezing
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Place squeeed, cooked squash in medium mixing bowl
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Add the rest of the ingredients and mix thoroughly
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Scoop mixture by tablespoon onto lined baking sheet and form into a tot shape
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Bake for 30 minutes, turnig tots over half way through cooking
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If you want to crisp them a little more after baking, place under broiler for 3 – 4 minutes or toast in a toaster oven or air fryer for 3 – 4 minutes
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