Stuffed Acorn Squash
Acorn Squash stuffed with delicious ingredients and baked
Equipment
- 1 Instapot Pressure Cooker or Rice Cooker
- 1 Baking pan
Ingredients
- 2 ea acorn squash
- 2 tbsps coconut oil
- 1 tsp tumeric seasoning
- 1 tsp coriander powder seasoning
- 1 tsp lime juice
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp cinnamon powder
Stuffing Indredients
- 1 cup uncooked rice
- 1 cup water for cooking the rice
- 1 pinch saffron to add to the rice
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1 15.5 oz can of cannellini beans
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp tumeric powder
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350°℉ and line large baking sheet with foil
- Wash, slice in half, and pull the seeds out of the squash
- melt the coconut oil so it can spread with a sauce brush and combine it with the tumeric , coriander, lime juice, and sea salt then brush the mixture all over the inside of each piece of the squash
- Sprinkle the cinamon powder over the squash
- Place squash face down on the baking pan and cook for 45 minutes to an hour depending on the size of the squash
- While the squash is cooking, make your saffron rice by adding rice, water, and saffron into the Instapot or rice cooker and turn it on to cook according to the rice cooker instructions. For the Instapot, just press the rice button once the rice, water, and saffron have been added and make sure the pressure knob is closed.
- Rince the canned beans and set aside
- Once the squash is finished cooking, remove it from the oven and let it sit until you have the stuffing ready
- Once the rice is finished cooking, give it a good stir and mix in the canned beans, cranberries, garlic powder, salt, tumeric, black pepper, and coriander powder
- Add the rice mixture to the inside of the squash bowls
- Sprinkle the tops of each squash rice bowl with brown sugar, chopped pecans, and shredded cheddar cheese
- Put the squash back in the oven and cook another 10 minutes or until the cheese has melted
- Enjoy!
Notes
Your family will love eating dinner out of an Acorn Squash Bowl. These are so cute and also taste yummy. The squash tastes similar to butternut squash, but it comes in a bowl that you can stuff with your favorite ingredients. If you don't like what I picked, you can easily substitute with something you prefer. You could switch out the type of beans or the type of rice. Have fun with it and let me know what you think in the comments or on my social media pages.