Comprehensively Stuffed Squash -- a Moosewood Recipe
photo by Katzen
- Ready In:
- 1hr 24mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
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4-8
ingredients
- 2 acorn squash or 2 butternut squash
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 3 -4 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sage, rubbed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
- 1 cup whole wheat bread, crumbed
- 1⁄4 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1⁄2 lemon, juice from
- 1⁄4 cup raisins (optional)
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
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Optional Ingredients (Mom added these)
- 1⁄4 cup pumpkin seeds (Mom used these instead of the sunflower, but I think both would be lovey!)
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1⁄2 cup apple, chopped
directions
- For four servings of stuffed squash, split 2 decent sized acorn or butternut squash lengthwise down the middle. Remove the seeds and bake, face down, on an oiled tray for 30 minutes at 350, or until tender enough to eat.
- Saute onion, garlic, celery, nuts and seeds, lightly salted, in butter. Cook over low heat until onions are clear, nuts are browned, celery is tender (in other words, cook until everything is perfect.).
- Add remaining ingredients (except cheese and egg). Cook, stirring over low heat, 5-8 minutes - until everything is aquainted. Remove from heat and mix in egg and cheese. Pack stuffing into squash cavities.
- Bake, covered, 25 minutes.
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Reviews
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This is THE recipe that I I insist on serving every single year for Thanksgiving. It screams Thanksgiving!!! I do not bother with the acorn squash at all because 'ain't nobody got time for that, but who cares?! My Moosewood cookbook literally disintegrated a few years back, but I luckily can find recipe online. I worship Mollie Katzen, I think, because of this very recipe. Thank you!
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I'm a now vegan who used to make one heck of a souvlaki. I love cooking, I was a huge fan of Moosewood and Molly Katzen prior to going vegan (although that has nothing to do with my choosing the name Katzen - that's just what my German Grandma has called me all my life.) Aside from cooking, I also love scuba diving, cycling, politics, and reading.