Sugar Free BBQ Squash Recipe!

I fired up the grill yesterday for some hamburgers and wanted to try something a little different for the veggies.  I had run across a video on YouTube for BBQ Eggplant that I thought was interesting but I had yellow squash instead of eggplant.  I was a bit worried about that but it turned out awesome.  It was simple to make and full of flavor.  Here’s what you do.

Dice a half a onion and 2 cloves of garlic and place in bowl with 1 tsp of cumin, 1 tsp of chili powder and a half a cup of soy sauce.  Stir it up and that will be your sauce

Then get 2 yellow squash and cut in half lengthwise.  Then score the meat of the squash in a checkerboard pattern being careful not to cut all the way through to the skin on the backside.  I did 3 long cuts along the length of the squash and smaller perpendicular cuts about a half an inch apart.

Then put in on the grill over direct eat, skin side down and let it cook for about 5 minutes with the lid down.  Then use a brush to brush on the liquid from the BBQ sauce and let it roast for another 5 minutes.  Then spoon on all the chunky bits from the sauce and let it roast again until it us soft, about 5-7 more minutes.  Then serve it up!  It was vary tasty and certainly gave us a different way to serve squash than our usual way of steaming it.

Just a note, if you have an aversion to soy for any reason, I bet you can get pretty close to the same taste with olive oil and kosher salt.  I haven’t done that yet but I’m sure it would be fine.

You can find the rest of my Sugar Free Recipes here.  If you decide to make this recipe, please take a pic and put it on Instagram and tag @MySugarFreeJrny, I would love to see it!

Yield: 4 Servings

Sugar Free BBQ Yellow Squash

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

A tasty way to cook up Yellow Squash with no added sugar or simple carbs. There is also a soy-free variety.

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Ingredients

• 2 Yellow Squash
• 1/2 Onion Diced
• 2 Cloves Garlic, Diced
• 1 Tsp Cumin
• 1 Tsp Chili Powder
• 1/2 Cup Soy Sauce

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients except for squash in bowl and stir, this is your BBQ sauce
2. Cut squash in half lengthwise and score the meat in a checkerboard patter, being careful no to cut all the way through to the skin.
3. Place squash cut side up on grill over drect heat and let cook for 5 minutes
4. Use a brush to brush on the liquid from the BBQ sauce and let roast for an additional 5 minutes
5. Spoon on the chunky part of the sauce on top of the squash and let roast for an addition 5-7 minutes until squash is soft.