Stuffed Acorn Squash

Name: Stuffed Acorn Squash
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
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

Submitted by mielhollinger

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photo by MissyOlivePants

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

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

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Reviews

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!

MissyOlivePants
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.

Hazel 2