Stuffed vegetables are pretty much a pre-requisite for my holiday table. This would make a great vegetarian American Thanksgiving main dish. I made this one for our Canadian Thanksgiving a couple weeks ago and it was really yummy. Especially with mashed potatoes and my vegan herb gravy. Or, since it is squash season, just make it. Your overflowing cupboards might thank you.
Cutting hard-skinned squashes is not easy. I take the biggest, sharpest knife we have, look around to make sure there are no small children behind me, then swing the knife from behind my back onto the squash with a “High-ya!” It goes about an inch down, I lean on the thing and rock it back and forth, managing another inch or two, and then I can barely get the knife out to give it another swing. There is no way I am ever able to cut my squashes lengthwise. I’m either depressingly weak or I buy super hard squashes. Anyway, I managed to cut my acorn squash widthwise, but then, like a bowl without a base, it rocked itself onto its side on the baking sheet. Whatever. I scooped out its insides, poured some extra virgin olive oil on it and cooked it for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
Stuffed Acorn Squash
What you’ll need:
1 acorn squash
1 small onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 cup mushrooms, diced
1 cup cooked grains (rice, quinoa, millet, or even just breadcrumbs)
1 cup vegetable broth
1/2 tsp poultry seasoning or a combination of sage, marjoram, oregano, thyme and rosemary
salt and pepper
Optional: cheese
Directions:
While the squash is roasting in the oven, sauté the onion, garlic, celery and mushrooms until soft. Add grains, broth and herbs and mix well. Spoon into the squash and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. If you want, top with cheese. Cheddar or feta is good.
Serves 4-6.
I’m sharing this at my very own Vegetarian Foodie Fridays, Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum, Recipe Swap at Grocery Cart Challenge, Fresh, Clean and Pure Fridays at Bella Vita, Friday Food at Momtrends, Fight Back Friday at Food Renegade, Food on Friday at Ann Kroeker, Wholesome Whole Foods at Health Food Lover, Friday Potluck at EKat’s Kitchen, Family Food Fridays at Get Healthy Cheap, Friday Foodie Fix at The W.H.O.L.E. Gang, My Meatless Mondays at My Sweet and Savory, Just Another Meatless Monday at Hey, What’s For Dinner Mom, Meatless Mondays at Midnight Maniac, Hearth and Soul Blog Hop at A Moderate Life, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday at Simply Sugar and Gluten Free, Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays at Blessed With Grace, Real Food Wednesdays at Kelly The Kitchen Kop.
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This looks wonderful! My garden has produced a lot of acorn squash; this looks like a delicious way to use it up!
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This looks delicious. I submitted a stuffed squash recipe to your foodie friday link-up. I love fall squash. Thanks.
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Have a great weekend ahead!
Elizabeth
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Melodie Reply:
October 23rd, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Thank you!
This looks very delicious, thanks.
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YUM!!! I adore this recipe — we’ve got lots of squash to cook up and I love the idea of stuffing with grains and veggies. Thank for sharing with Friday Potluck this week! Hope that you’ll come back again next week!
This sounds lovely! I’m trying to use more squash in cooking and this is a great recipe to start with!
wow, looks so yummy and the way you arranged it, i love it! happy weekend!
yum, yum and more yum! thanks for the fab recipe idea– love it!
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That sounds sooooo good. I love stuffed stuff. Stuffed tomatoes, stuffed mushrooms, stuffed zucchini, and this stuffed acorn squash sounds fantastic. Maybe I’ll try it for our American Thanksgiving?
Thanks for linking to Food on Fridays!
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Melodie Reply:
October 23rd, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Oh yes, you absolutely should. It is a nice accompaniment to all of the regular Thanksgiving fare.
I am still laughing about your squash cutting story. I get it. I once used a chisel and a hammer and still got the chisel stuck and had to wait for my husband to come home to finish cutting through the squash. I’m thinking a band saw might work.
This looks like a dish that everyone in my family would love.
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I made apple-stuffed acorn squash once last fall for my daughter and I. It didn’t go over very well. In fact, it didn’t go over at all. It was so sweet neither one of us could eat it.
Your grain-stuffed version looks much tastier. I’m hoping that enough time has passed since that frightful meal that I can give it another go.
This is going to be a great addition to Midnight Maniac Meatless Mondays {No.4}. Looking forward to having it linked up!
♥ Rebecca Jean
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I love this recipe, I have a squash and that’s exactly what I am going to do with it!
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I’m going to try this tonight. I have an acorn squash here just waiting to be cooked. Glad I found your recipe!
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What a delicious stuffing. I love a good vegetarian recipe that makes you say yum.
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This sounds awesome, Melodie! I think it would make a fabulous addition to our own turkey day table…even with no vegetarians in the fam…gorgeous! Thanks for sharing it with the hearth and soul hop this week
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I was just trying to decide what to do with the acorn squash I have on the counter. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.
Until I started eating REAL food it never occurred to me that people actually ATE winter squash – I just thought it was a fall decoration – I kid you not! Now that I KNOW my life has changed forever!! What a lovely dish – I would love to serve it at Thanksgiving alas I am only to bring devilled eggs – boring right?
Thanks for sharing this with us at the hearth and soul hop!
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Melodie Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 12:35 am
I used to think that too Christy. And I suppose we weren’t too wrong because some people only do treat them as decorations. Live and learn hey?
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