Beef / Pork

Lap-band Friendly: Argentine Beef and Winter Squash Stew is for Dinner.

Lap-band Friendly: Argentine Beef and Winter Squash Stew takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Lap-band Friendly: Argentine Beef and Winter Squash Stew takes 150 minutes to cook.

Lap-band Friendly: Argentine Beef and Winter Squash Stew makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Lap-band Friendly: Argentine Beef and Winter Squash Stew are:

2 pounds beef stew meat, chop in to 1 1/2 inch cubes
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 Tbsp. oil
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 large green pepper, chopped
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. sugar
1 cup dried apricots
2 white potatoes, peeled and diced
3 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
1 large butternut squash, peeled and diced
4 cups of beet broth
1/4 cup dry sherry
1 (16oz) can whole kernel corn

Here is how you make Lap-band Friendly: Argentine Beef and Winter Squash Stew:

Cook beef with onion and garlic in oil until browned. Add tomatoes, peppers, 2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, sugar, apricots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes and broth.Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours .If you are using a pumpkin to serve the stew follow these instructions:Cut top off of pumpkin and scoop out seeds and membrane. Brush inside of pumpkin with melted butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Stir Sherry and corn into stew and spoon all into pumpkin shell.Place shell in shallow pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until pumpkin met is tender. Place pumpkin in large bowl and ladle out stew, scooping out some of the pumpkin with each serving.If you are not using the pumpkin follow all instructions above, except after 1 1/2 hours on stove top add corn and sherry and continue to cook on low heat for 1 additional hour.Number of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUBPOPTART.

The nutritional information for Lap-band Friendly: Argentine Beef and Winter Squash Stew is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 429.9

• Total Fat: 17.2 g
• Cholesterol: 66.0 mg
• Sodium: 354.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 44.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.4 g
• Protein: 5.4 g