This is my mama's recipe for squash casserole, loved even by folks that claim to not like squash. The only modification necessary to make it low carb was to replace the sugar with splenda. Ya'll enjoy!

Mama's Squash Casserole

1.5 pounds yellow, crook-neck squash
1 medium white onion
2 eggs
4 tablespoons melted butter
8 oz shredded cheddar cheese (about 2 cups)
4 packets Splenda
1 teaspoon paprika
salt and pepper to taste

Wash squash and cut into 1/4" slices. Slice onion into thin slices and break apart rings. Boil onions and squash slices in salted water until tender. Drain, drain, drain, drain. And if you think it's drained enough, drain it some more. I've found a salad spinner to be very helpful in draining the squash and onions.

Preheat the oven to 350º. Grease an 8 X 8 glass baking dish with butter.

In a small bowl, beat two eggs. Add the melted butter, 3/4 of the cheese, Splenda and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. Pour mixture into bowl with squash and onion and mix well. Pour into baking dish and smooth out. Top with remaining cheese and sprinkle with paprika.

Bake approximately 30 minutes until brown and bubbly on top.

After allowing a few minutes to cool, I cut mine into nine servings with a net carb count of 3.42 carbs per serving. The following FitDay values (using 2 jumbo eggs) are for the whole casserole since different folks have different ideas about what constitutes a serving.

Calories 1692.18
Total Fat 136.1
Sat Fat 80.91
Poly Fat 6.46
Mono Fat 39.72
Cholesterol 914.75
Sodium 2057.33
Potassium 1886.54
Carbs 45.52
Fiber 14.78
Protein 82.39

Hi Carol! That sounds really good. I don't know if it's the season or what, but I've been craving squash. Now I have a great recipe to try out my cravings on.

Hi, froznfyr! Please check the recipe again and make sure you got all the changes. I was fumble-fingered and hit enter before I'd had a chance to proof read it.

Hope you enjoy this. It's a big hit with everyone who's eaten it. Made some tonight and DH couldn't tell the difference with the splenda vs sugar.

I tried this this weekend. VERY VERY good! A bit too sweet, I will cut back on 1 of the packets of splenda next time.

-Beverly

Sounds Good!!!!

AzureMoon,

My Mama made this all the time. I grew up on this stuff. Isn't it delicious! And I'm from Tennessee too. Thanks for reminding me of it.

thank you so much! I have alot of zuchinni and yellow squash in my garden. I'm going to try this tonite.

going to try this later. sue

Mmm, this looks very good. I think that I will make this for dinner tomorrow.