This recipe can easily be made paleo or vegetarian.
Ingredients:
1 acorn squash
1/4 cup cooked brown rice (or riced cauliflower with gluten free soy sauce for paleo option)
1/4 pound cooked ground turkey or ground Italian sausage (omit and double the serving of mushrooms for vegetarian option)
1/4 onion chopped
1/4 cup mushrooms chopped
1/2 small apple chopped
1 egg
1/8 teaspoon sage
1/8 teaspoon rosemary
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
Salt and pepper
Directions:
-Preheat oven to 400
- Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray
-Cut acorn squash in half, remove seeds, sprinkle with salt and pepper and place, inside facing down, on cookie sheet
- bake squash for 15 minutes in the oven at 400
- once squash is removed, turn oven temperature down to 375
-sauté onions, mushrooms and apples together until softened, about 5 to 7 minutes. Season with salt
- season turkey with celery salt, sage and rosemary
- combine turkey, with cookies veggies and egg in a bowl.
- place acorn squash in baking dish with a half ounce of water.
- split mixture between both sides of the acorn squash
- cover with foil and bake at 375 for 25 minutes
- uncover and cook for another 20 to 25 minutes.
Enjoy!
