Baked Acorn Squash With Spinach


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Ingredients

1 acorn squash
8 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup Oscar Meyer Real Bacon Bits or fry crisp 2 strips bacon
1 teaspoon softened butter
1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese, divided
2 tomato slices

Preparation

1
Cut squash in half, discarding seeds.
2
Place upside down on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
3
Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes or until fork tender.
4
Scoop out pulp, leaving a ¼” shell.
5
In a large bowl, combine squash, spinach, onion, bacon bits, butter salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and 4 tablespoons cheese.
6
Spoon into shells.
7
Top with tomato slice and remaining Parmesan cheese,
8
Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes until heated through
9
Serve
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About

Acorn squash is our favorite winter squash. So many recipes for it as a side dish include butter with brown sugar, maple syrup, nutmeg and cinnamon. I'm not one for really sweet foods other than desserts and candy so, I wanted to incorporate another vegetable with the squash for a more savory dish.

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squash
spinach

Yield:

2.0

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 10:00am

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