Stuffed Acorn Squash

Submitted by mielhollinger

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• nonstick spray coating
• 2 small acorn squash (about 2 pounds total)
• 12 ounces ground lean pork or 12 ounces lean ground turkey
• 1⁄2 cup chopped celery
• 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon curry powder
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 slices whole wheat bread, cubed

directions

1. Spray a shallow baking pan with nonstick coating.
2. Wash and halve squash; discard seeds.
3. Place squash, cut sides down, in prepared baking pan.
4. Bake, uncovered, in a 350 dregree oven for 45 minutes or until tender.
5. Meanwhile, for stuffing, in a large skillet cook ground pork or turkey, celery, and onion until meat is brown and vegetables are tender.
6. Drain off fat.
7. Stir in salt, curry powder, and cinnamon; cook 1 minute more.
8. Stir in applesauce and bread cubes.
9. Turn squash cut sides up in pan.
10. Spoon stuffing into squash halves.
11. Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes more.

Reviews

[MissyOlivePants]

We LOVE this recipe. However, we are vegan so we made a modification, in that we use crumbled TVP (with a little "no-chicken" bouillon). And I agree... it could use just a tad more of the seasonings - but SO good!

 

[Hazel 2]

This was pretty good although I think it could use a bit more curry powder. I used a fresh oatmeal bread, but it could have used the 'heft' of a denser/coarser wheat bread.