Steps to Prepare Ultimate Stuffed Acorn Squash

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, stuffed acorn squash. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Stuffed Acorn Squash is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Stuffed Acorn Squash is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook stuffed acorn squash using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Acorn Squash:

1. Make ready 2 acorn squash
2. Make ready 2 Tbls evoo, split
3. Get 1/2 C quinoa, rinsed
4. Take 1 C water
5. Get 1/2 dried cranberries
6. Make ready 1/4 C toasted papitas, see my papitas recipe
7. Take 1/4 C green onion
8. Get 1/4 C chopped parsley
9. Prepare 2 garlic cloves
10. Take 1 Tbl lemon juice
11. Get 3/4 C grated Parmesan
12. Prepare 1/2 C feta or goat cheese, I used feta for this one
13. Make ready Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions to make Stuffed Acorn Squash:

1. Preheat oven to 425 - - Cut squash and remove seeds. - Take 1 Tbls evoo and rub down. I salted them and added extra seasoning from my roasted papitas. *see papitas recipe. - - Bake squash for 35-45 min. Until fork pierces easily.
2. Meanwhile, prep ingredients for stuffing. - Add a small amount of evoo and sauté garlic and green onion until fragrant. Set aside.
3. Add rinsed quinoa and water to pot and bring to a boil uncovered. - Once boil begins, reduce heat and let simmer 18-20 mins. Once all water is absorbed remove from heat and add cranberries, cover to steam for 5 mins.
4. Once quinoa is cooked, add all other ingredients and the other Tbls of evoo, except the cheeses. You can add those once the mixture has cooled a bit.
5. When your squash is done or near done you should fill the holes with your cheesy quinoa mixture and continue cooking for another 15 mins to get it all melty.
6. Serve and enjoy

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