Apple Cranberry Squash 
Healthy Thanksgiving Recipe
By Fitness and Freebies
Two fall favorites, apples and cranberries, come together with butternut squash to make this healthful and delicious side dish.
Recipe Ingredients
1 pound butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
2 Jonathan or Macintosh apples, peeled, cored and chopped
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup cranberries, thawed if frozen
2 teaspoons unsalted butter, melted
Recipe Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place squash in a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover saucepan and steam 15 minutes or until tender.
Remove from steamer basket and set aside.
Combine apples and half the sugar in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Cook 12 minutes stirring frequently until juice has evaporated. Add apples to squash.
Combine cranberries and remaining sugar in same saucepan. Cook 4 minutes or until liquid has evaporated. Add cranberries to apples and squash. Stir in melted butter and salt to taste and toss. Transfer mixture to a buttered shallow baking dish. Bake 10 minutes or until hot.
Recipe makes 4 servings Apple Cranberry Squash.
Thanksgiving Tidbit
The 'First Thanksgiving' was actually a secular event that was not repeated. A Calvinist Thanksgiving actually did occur in 1623 and did not involve sharing food with the Native Americans.
