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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:36:02 GMT, "Ozgirl"
> wrote:

>
>Alan S wrote:
>
>> Of course, our pumpkin is your winter squash, but it
>rarely
>> spikes me and makes a wonderful soup - that even blokes
>can
>> make (lunch today);
>
>I'll be a little OT here. Pumpkin doesn't spike me, at least
>in average serve sizes. I normally eat it with the skin on
>(all types pumpkin).

G'day G'day Ozgirl,

Pumpkin seems to have about one third the carbs of potato.

> Sweet potato doesn't affect me either.

Something interesting I found is that NZ kumara appears to have a
higher glycemic index than Australian sweet potato.

>A few times a week I cook a whole small one, unpeeled, in
>the micro, split it and add some of the pro activ
>(cholesterol lowering) margarine and a sprinkle of cinnamon
>sugar
>
>Pumpkin soup can be very bloke-friendly.
>
>Something incredibly easy but not necessarily low carb or
>low fat is to slice butternut pumpkin in thin slices and
>layer them in a casserole dish, pour some béchamel sauce
>over, sprinkle with chili powder to taste, cracked pepper
>and grated cheese and bake til soft.

LOL. You're winding me up? Bechamel sauce???
Bet bechamel sauce is easy to make.

>How easy is that?? Any
>bachelor could do one of those with some bbq'ed meat and a
>tossed salad and come up looking good! For my own tastes I
>would be adding some sliced onions and crushed garlic - sort
>like the potato bakes but with bechamel instead of cream.

Apart from the bechamel sauce it sounds pretty straight forward.

Thanks Ozgirl,

Best wishes,
--
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