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Zola (Birth name: Sarah McCann) is CEO of Plan Z by Zola, a Chicago-based weight loss program. The average Plan Z dieter loses 31 pounds in the first 50 days and incorporates a homeopathic remedy that Zola invented and patented to make dieting easier and more comfortable. Zola lives in the West Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago in a converted car repair shop with her husband and 3 adorable cats.

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Eat healthy and happy. Maintaining your weight (or even losing weight) doesn’t have to be drudgery. You just need to cook tasty, unprocessed food...

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Butternut Squash Fries

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Butternut Squash Mash

This is a ZReboot recipe. You will not believe how easy these are to make and how wonderful they taste!

Servings: Serves 4 – 6 depending on how big a squash you decide to buy.

Ingredients:

1 butternut squash (try to find a long, skinny one, they have fewer seeds)
olive oil spray
sea salt
pepper (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. If you have a convection setting use that at 375 degrees.

Peel your squash with a vegetable peeler. Toss peels in the trash. I don’t put them in a garbage disposal. They can clog. With a VERY SHARP knife cut the ends off of your squash and toss those. Then cut your squash into half-inch discs. You can also cut around the seeded section and get even more ‘fries.’

When you have the discs cut, lay each one flat and cut across them to make half-inch wide sticks that resemble potato fries. Spray a cookie sheet with oil. Place the fries on there and don’t let them touch each other. They need room to circulate the heat. Spray the tops and grate on your sea salt to taste. Even some pepper if you like that on your fries.

Roast in your oven for approximately 20-30 minutes. You can see them begin to brown toward the end. I like mine cooked a bit more so you can see what they looked like when I took them out.

Once you start eating these “fries” you’ll never miss the other ones. They taste sweet and wonderful; even better than sweet potato fries. No ketchup necessary.

Enjoy these a LOT!
Cheers,
Zola