Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Yields: 4 servings
- 2 acorn squash
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- Sea salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup toasted pumpkin seed, chopped
- 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
Stuffing:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 1 tablespoon curry
- 1/4 cup golden raisins or currants
- 1 cup cooked whole grain (quinoa, brown rice, millet, barley)
- 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
- 1 zucchini, diced
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Cut acorn squash in half and clean out seeds and fibers. Cut a very thin slice off bottom, so that acorn squash halves can sit flat like soup bowls.
- Brush with olive oil and distribute garlic evenly over 4 halves.
- Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper, place on a baking sheet and bake for 35 minutes.
- While squash is baking prepare stuffing.
- In a skillet heat oil and sauté onions, curry and raisins for 3 minutes. Add cooked grains and stir for 5 minutes.
- Remove skillet from heat and mix in parsley and zucchini.
- Fill each squash cup with stuffing and top with chopped pumpkin seeds.
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the squash is soft (when a butter knife sinks into the squash with ease).
- Garnish with parsley and serve.
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