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Sweet and Spicy Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 2 -3

Ingredients

Acorn squash:

Sweet and Spicy Sausage:

  • 1 lb ground pork or any ground protein
  • 1 apple chopped (I use gala apples)
  • 1 sweet onion thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • 1 tbsp 100% apple juice
  • 1 tbsp fresh rosemary chopped
  • 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp ground sage
  • 1/2 tsp cumin powder
  • Salt and pepper for taste

Instructions

Acorn squash:

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  2. Cut acorn squash in half, scoop seeds out of acorn and discard
  3. Place squash on a baking sheet cut side up and brush it with the avocado oil --about a tbsp per half.
  4. Mix spices together and generously season the acorn squash.
  5. Bake for about 45 minutes or until fork tender.

Sweet and Spicy Sausage:

  1. Preheat a skillet over medium heat with ghee. Add the onions, season with salt & pepper and start to caramelize.
  2. When onions start to brown, add the chopped apple, cinnamon and apple juice. Sauté until apples start getting tender.
  3. When apples become slightly tender, remove onion and apple mixture and set aside.
  4. Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the ground pork and the rest of the spices. When pork becomes close to done, add the onions and apple mixture to the pan and cook through.

Stuffed Acorn Squash:

  1. When acorn squash is cool to the touch, scoop some out to make room for stuffing. Just add whatever you scooped out to the sausage mixture.
  2. Add sausage into the acorn squash and place back into the oven for an additional 10-15 minutes.