Sausage And Quinoa Stuffed Acorn Squash

Sausage and Quinoa Stuffed Acorn Squash

• 2 acorn squash, halved, seeded and scored
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Garlic powder

• 1 pound pork sausage, browned
• 1/2 large sweet onion, diced
• 1/2 orange bell pepper, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 4-5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup frozen cooked organic quinoa
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place acorn squash in a baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and generously season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Add a 1/2 cup water to the baking dish to keep squash from drying out. Bake for 1 hour.

While squash is baking, brown sausage in a medium skillet. In a large skillet sauté’ onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic. When onion is transparent add quinoa, cranberries and sausage and combine with salt and pepper to taste.

After squash bakes remove from oven and tilt each half to remove extra liquid. Stuff each half with sausage stuffing mixture and place back in the oven for 15-20 minutes. If you have stuffing left over just enjoy on the side. Seriously, it’s so good!

Remove, cool slightly and enjoy!