How to Prepare Award-winning Stuffed Acorn Squash

Stuffed Acorn Squash.

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, stuffed acorn squash. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Stuffed Acorn Squash is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It's enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Stuffed Acorn Squash is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have stuffed acorn squash using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Acorn Squash:

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

Steps 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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