Recipe: Smoky Butternut Squash Stew - 143 calories per portion

A friend of ours went on holiday last week for a fortnight and dropped off a carrier bag with a few fresh bits in that they hadn't managed to use up before going away.

It contained a butternut squash - how lovely! I used half of it in a chicken & butternut squash red Thai curry at the weekend, and decided to use up the other half tonight in a veg-tastic stew.

I served about a third of the pan of stew with a portion of Cauliflower 'Rice' (blog post to follow), and I've blitzed the rest with my stick blender into a delicious soup which I'm really looking forward to taking into work for lunch

Smoky Butternut Squash & Pepper Stew (makes three generous portions)

Ingredients:

Few sprays 1-cal olive oil

Half a butternut squash, peeled and diced (450g)

1 onion, diced

1 tsp frozen chopped garlic

2 small red peppers, sliced

2 small yellow peppers, sliced

Tin chopped tomatoes

1 tbsp smoked paprika

1 veg stock cube, made up in 250ml boiling water

Method:

Fry off the onions garlic and butternut squash in the spray oil over a low heat for 5-10 mins

Add the tin of chopped tomatoes, stock and paprika and simmer for 5 mins.

Next add the sliced peppers and simmer for another 5-10 mins until the butternut squash is nice and soft

I served it with Cauliflower 'Rice' which gave me a mountainous plateful of yum for only 200 calories. A perfect fast day meal!

Nutritional Info per serving:

Calories: 153
Fat: 1g
Carbs: 34g
Protein: 5g
Sugar: 14g