Autumn Stuffed Banana Squash Recipe 355

AUTUMN STUFFED BANANA SQUASH RECIPE - (3.5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Rub 1-2 Tbl olive oil onto flesh of halved squash. Rub in salt and pepper (to taste). Lay flesh down on baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes (30 for smaller squash.) While it bakes, add 2 Tbl. olive oil, onion and celery to skillet. Cook until softened and shimmery. Add sea salt and pepper to taste. In a large bowl toss apple with lemon juice. Add quinoa, pecans, raisins, sage and sauteed celery and onions. Pull the squash out of the oven, flip over and fill with quinoa stuffing. Cover with foil and bake for another 30-45 minutes, or until flesh is soft in the center.

BANANA STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Cut the acorn squash in half.
• perpendicular to the lines.
• Scoop out the sides and hack off the stem so that each half stands like a bowl.
• Combine spices with mashed banana and add vanilla.
• Add butter substitute if desired.
• Fill each bowl with mixture and smear on sides.
• Sprinkle more spices over the top.
• Place in baking dish with a little water in the bottom.
• Bake 45 minutes or until tender.

STUFFED SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cut 1-inch off the top of each acorn squash and scoop out the seeds. If necessary in order for the squash to sit upright, cut off a small portion of the bottom. Put 1 of the 4 pieces of butter in the cavity of each squash. Set squash on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a large saute pan over medium heat, brown the ground pork until no longer pink. Remove the meat from the pan, add the olive oil and saute the onion, celery, and carrot until they begin to soften, approximately 7 to 10 minutes. Deglaze the pan with the white wine.
• Return the pork to the pan along with the cooked rice, spinach, pine nuts, oregano and salt and pepper, to taste. Stirring constantly, heat mixture thoroughly, approximately 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat. Divide the mixture evenly among the squash, top each squash with its lid and bake for 1 hour or until the squash is tender. Serve immediately.

AUTUMN STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange squash halves, cut-side up, in a roasting pan. Run a fork through the meat of each half, creating grooves. Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and pepper; dot with butter pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meat is tender enough to puncture with a fork, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add wild rice, cranberries, and chicken stock; cook and stir until rice and cranberries have absorbed the chicken stock, about 5 minutes.
• Spoon the sausage filling into each squash half. Return stuffed squash to oven and bake until flavors have blended, 5 to 10 minutes.

AUTUMN STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange squash halves, cut-side up, in a roasting pan. Run a fork through the meat of each half, creating grooves. Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and pepper; dot with butter pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meat is tender enough to puncture with a fork, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add wild rice, cranberries, and chicken stock; cook and stir until rice and cranberries have absorbed the chicken stock, about 5 minutes.
• Spoon the sausage filling into each squash half. Return stuffed squash to oven and bake until flavors have blended, 5 to 10 minutes.

AUTUMN SQUASH

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the squash, 1/4 cup cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons butter, egg, brown sugar, mustard, salt and pepper., Pour into a greased 2-1/2-cup baking dish. Combine remaining crumbs and butter; sprinkle over top. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.