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08-16-2012, 12:38 PM | #1 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| Butternut Squash I'm giving a for feeding my kids Butternut squash. They really love it. I bought frozen cubed squash and boiled it. Just thought I'd share!
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08-16-2012, 01:33 PM | #2 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| Is squash like sweet potato? What do you mean you buy it frozen? They have it already cut and frozen?
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08-16-2012, 01:44 PM | #3 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| Squash is a fruit. I use in place of sweet potato. Yes it's cut and frozen as tiny cubes.
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08-16-2012, 01:58 PM | #4 |
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08-16-2012, 02:00 PM | #5 |
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| Awesome! Is butternut squash lower in sugar than sweet potato? I'd like to give sweet potato more often but worry about the sugar content (perhaps unnecessarily?). I'll have to try some butternut squash with Toki! |
08-16-2012, 02:09 PM | #6 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| Roughly it is 1/2 the carbohydrates of sweet potato and about 1/3 the sugar. It has a lower glycemic load than sweet potatoes by about half. Good source of vitamin A also. Has a decent amount of omega 3 fatty acids too. It's a great food - more than sweet potato I think without the sugar spike.
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08-16-2012, 02:26 PM | #7 |
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| Mine love it too, won't touch zucjinnis though.
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08-16-2012, 02:49 PM | #8 |
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| That is interesting. My girls love veggies, so bet they would like a little cube for a treat. Do you thaw it out or give it to your pups frozen? (I have never bought frozen squash before, by-the-way, just fresh, so not sure how to do it. )
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08-16-2012, 03:09 PM | #9 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| I buy it frozen and I boil about some water and then I boil it for about 5-6 mins. I let it cool and feed like that. I'm sure it would be fine raw and thawed but I haven't tried this.
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08-16-2012, 03:41 PM | #10 |
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| I need to hit my brother up for some squash...he has a huge garden I bet my guys will love it, they love almost all veggies and fruits except spinach.
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08-17-2012, 07:13 AM | #11 |
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| Hmmm I will have to try to find some!! I am sure Peanut will like it!!
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08-17-2012, 07:42 AM | #12 |
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| Here's what it looks like once mixed with the rest of my food. It's the little orange cubes. Looks YUM if I must say so myself. BNSQUASH.JPG
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08-17-2012, 08:07 AM | #13 |
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| Sugar and Curri both love butternut squash! I sub for sweet potato a lot but I usually buy fresh and roast it. Sugar won't touch rice so we are grain free. They also love zucchini, crookneck, acorn and spaghetti squash added in as additional treats sometimes. Orange goes over much better in my house. Always has ~ even with my skin kids
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