Stuffed Acorn Squash

Easter Dinner! Roasted stuffed Acorn Squash with Pesto!

This year, 2016, Easter was low key with only two us in town. I am used to cooking for large groups that I had to think about what would be good for just the two of us. This was a definite winner!

*When I cooked this, I did not have my blog in mind- so bear with me as I don't have exact measurements.

Ingredients:

1 Acorn Squash (save the seeds and drizzle with olive oil and roast them for the pesto)

The Filling

Broccoli Slaw (3 cups pulsed in the food processor)
3 cloves Garlic
1/4 Sweet Onion
1/8 cup diced fresh herbs (I used basil and rosemary)
A hand toss full of  slivered Almonds
One pouch of Seeds of Change Quinoa & Brown Rice

Topping

One small container of mixed Mushrooms
Olive Oil
Smoked Sea Salt

Pesto

1 Cup Fresh BASIL
1 Cup Sundried Tomatoes (I used oil packed and rinse them)
1 Cup Pinenuts
1/3 Cup Nutritional Yeast
Roasted Acorn Squash Seeds

Salt and Pepper to taste
*I use bourbon smoked citrus pepper

Step One:
Cut Acorn Squash in half. Discard stringy pulp and keep seeds. Fill baking pan with 1 inch of water turn squash cut side down and bake until tender. Roast seeds at the same time.

Step Two:
Pulse the broccoli slaw, onion and garlic in food processor. Sautee´in olive oil. Toss in almonds to toast. Add fresh herbs

Step Three:
While Step One is cooking arrange washed and dried mushrooms on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with smoked sea salt  and roast/broil until crispy.

Step Four:
Microwave Quinoa & Brown Rice pouch for 90 seconds

Step Five:
Mix fresh basil, sundried tomatoes, pinenuts, roasted seeds, nutritional yeast and garlic cloves to taste in a high speed blender. Add water as needed.

Step Six:
Mix all of the filling  together. Empty the water out of the pan of squash and turn the squash cut side up. Spread a spoonful of pesto on the bottom. Fill with the filling mixture. Add a dollop of pesto on top and spread the roasted mushrooms around the pesto.

Step Seven:

Bon Appetit! Enjoy!