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Lisa’s Mexican Chilli and Sausage Casserole (serves 6)

Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein
Schwartz - Mexican Chilli & Coriander Mix for Sausages, 35 g 97 22 2 3
Tesco - Freshly Frozen Baby Carrots, 200 g 48 9 1 1
Tesco's - Frozen Sliced Green Beans, 200 g 52 9 0 4
Tesco - Italian Sieved Tomato Passata, 1 pack or 250g 160 32 1 6
Richmond - Frozen Pork Sausages, 10 sausages 970 61 60 44

Total: 1327 133 64 58
Per Serving: 221 22 11 10


fry off sausage then slice up
add baby carrots and sliced green beans
mix schwartz with water
add all ingredients to slow cooker with passata

leave to cook for a couple of hours
(added to MFP recipes)

Sounds great!!!

Butternut Squash Au Gratin

Butternut squash (2 lb./ 900 g)
1 Tbsp. butter
1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp. flour 1/4 tsp. pepper
1 cup 25%-less-sodium chicken broth
1-1/2 cups Kraft Old Cheddar Shredded Cheese, divided 1/3 cup Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Recipe Pieces Make ItHEAT oven to 350ºF.

PEEL squash. Cut lengthwise in half; discard seeds. Cut each half crosswise into thin slices; place in large saucepan. Add enough water to cover squash. Bring to boil on high heat; simmer on medium-low heat 8 to 10 min. or until squash is tender.

MEANWHILE, melt butter in skillet. Add onions; cook and stir 5 min. or until tender. Stir in flour and pepper; cook and stir 1 min. Gradually stir in broth; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until sauce is thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup cheese.

DRAIN squash. Arrange half in 8- or 9-inch square baking dish; cover with half the sauce. Repeat layers; top with bacon and remaining cheese.

BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until squash mixture is heated through and squash is tender.

If you want to make it ahead of time store in tightly covered container in refrigerator up to 24 hours before using as desired.

Nutritional information serving size = 1/2 cup (125 mL) per serving

Calories 170 Total fat 9 g Saturated fat 5 g Cholesterol 25 mg Sodium 320 mg Carbohydrate 17 g Dietary fibre 4 g Sugars 4 g Protein 8 g Vitamin A 130 %DV Vitamin C 30 %DV Calcium 20 %DV Iron 8 %DV

I changed it a little using real bacon (low sodium) as well as Light Cheddar Cheese, if you have the option to buy butternut squash already cut up (even if it is cubed) I say go for it the peeling and cutting was realy tough and time consuming. It is very tasty and I know that is 170 calories per serving but I had less then a full serving and it was enough