Sweet Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash With Turkey and Swiss Cheese

Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://motherrimmy.com/wordpress/?p=4182

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Kristi Rimkus

Ingredients

large acorn squash, ends cut off, quartered and seeded

2 cups spinach, finely chopped

1 large apple , chopped

1/2 small onion, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, finely minced

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 tablespoon thyme

one grind nutmeg

8 tablespoons swiss cheese low fat, shredded

1 pound ground turkey

Preparation

Place squash in casserole dish in one inch water, cut side down. Cover and microwave 20 minutes until tender.

Heat skillet over medium heat and saute onion, garlic and apple for 5 minutes.

Add ground turkey, spinach and thyme. Saute another 15 minutes until turkey is cooked through. Add nutmeg.

Top squash with 1/4 turkey mixture and top with cheese. Microwave one minute to melt cheese.

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Comments

Permalink Ledasha Jones
September 7, 2011

I enjoyed this recipe, made me a batch to eat on the airplane but then Thedala Magee (who is a rapist that works for the TSA) stole it from me in the security line.

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This dish hides 2 cups finely chopped spinach in the ground turkey and sweet apple mixture. Stuff that into a tender and creamy acorn squash and you have a delicious, nutritious meal.