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Sausage-Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe

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Acorn squash gets a sweet-and-savory treatment when stuffed with sausage, onion, spinach and cranberries to make this pretty autumn entree. Cooking the squash in the microwave makes this quick enough for a busy weeknight.

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Sausage-Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

2 medium acorn squash
1 pound bulk spicy pork sausage
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 cup fresh baby spinach, finely chopped
1-1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Directions

Cut squash in half; remove and discard seeds. Place squash cut side down in a microwave-safe dish. Cover and microwave on high for 10-12 minutes or until tender.
Meanwhile, crumble sausage into a large skillet; add onion. Cook over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. In a large bowl, beat egg and milk; stir in the spinach, bread crumbs, cranberries and sausage mixture.
Turn squash cut side up. Stuff with sausage mixture. Cover and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Yield: 4 servings.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 485 calories, 23 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 133 mg cholesterol, 843 mg sodium, 49 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 25 g protein.

Originally published as Sausage-Stuffed Acorn Squash in Simple & Delicious September/October 2006, p7

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Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2012 by scsvatek

I have made this several times and we love it. It is super easy, very tasty and unlike most of our other recipes. My husband was leary at first, but the spicy sausage and cranberry won him over.

Reviewed on Jan. 03, 2012 by Jazzzz

This was great. I had some extra acorn squash left over from my CSA box. My husband hates squash...so he thought, LOL! He loved this. I used spicy sausage.

Reviewed on Oct. 12, 2011 by midgraben

changed a good bit... but used this recipe as a base. Added celery with the onion. Used apple instead of breadcrumbs (very yummy) and a big dolup of sour cream rather than egg and milk. No spinach and added a little fresh sage. All in all really good.

Reviewed on Oct. 11, 2011 by lschom

Very good, but I made 4 whole squash/8 halves and couldn't fit into my microwave to finish so used conventional oven...added more soft crumbs to stuffing and it was plenty to fill all 8 halves. made enough for