Roasted Acorn Squash with Sausage & Kale

Roasted Acorn Squash filled with a savory combination of floor sausage, kale and mushrooms. As soon as the squash is completed, your complete Whole30 and Paleo compliant meal comes collectively in about 10 minutes! It is a tremendous scrumptious & quick weeknight dinner, and guess what? Even children like it!

In regards to the Recipe

It’s fall, y’all! Full disclosure, I’ve been residing within the South for 5 years however I don’t really feel snug saying the phrase “y’all.” With my New York accent, it comes out like “yawl.” I’ve 100% claimed it after I write, although. I’m a Southern lady at coronary heart, I assume.

In any case, it’s formally fall, and I actually love squash presently of 12 months, particularly acorn squash. The flavour is so wealthy and candy (try my acorn squash with maple almond drizzle recipe!), and immediately, it’s the star of the present!

The acorn squash halves are roasted to tender perfection, then filled with a savory mixture of floor sausage, mushrooms, and kale. It’s made with only a handful of seasonal components, plus it’s tremendous simple to make!

It’s simply a kind of meals that may heat you up if you are available in from the chilly, nostril and cheeks nonetheless rosy. And as soon as the acorn squash are roasted (which you are able to do upfront, by the way in which), the entire meal comes collectively in about 10 minutes.

Recipe Components

Properly, this meal is manufactured from actually 5 components (apart from the oil, salt and pepper, I imply). Does it get any simpler than that? And good day, it’s unbelievably flavorful and filling.

Right here’s what that you must make this crowd-pleasing dish at residence!

• Acorn squash
• Child bella mushrooms
• Floor sausage. I like utilizing candy or gentle Italian sausage, however any form you take pleasure in will work nice.
• Recent kale
• Recent thyme
• Olive oil, salt and pepper

Making the Dish

Belief me, this recipe is tremendous easy and extremely forgiving, however there are some suggestions that will help you get it precisely proper. Right here’s find out how to make it, step-by-step.

Oven Roasted Acorn Squash

The very nice factor about acorn squash is there’s actually no flawed approach to prepare dinner them. You possibly can bake them, prepare dinner them within the on the spot pot or sluggish cooker, heck, you’ll be able to even air fry acorn squash!

For this recipe, I roasted them, as a result of I like the way it will get all caramelized on the skin and gentle and candy on the within. It may be a bit tough, although, so listed below are some suggestions for the way I love to do it:

1. Microwave every squash alone for about 1 minute. This softens it simply sufficient to make it a bit simpler to chop. Even with the sharpest knives, squash are actually laborious. 
2. Ensure that the squash is steady earlier than you narrow it. It is a LOT simpler if you lower it on its aspect (NOT from stem to backside).Individuals generally don’t like to do that, as a result of it gained’t sit flat to operate as a bowl to stuff the squash with different yummy goodness. The answer: Reduce it sideways, roast it, and as soon as it’s cooked and cooled a bit, you’ll be able to simply trim the bottoms of every half so it sits flat. 
3. Use a grapefruit spoon to scrape and take away the seeds. The sharpened edges on the grapefruit spoon make this job like a thousand occasions simpler. 
4. Rating the flesh of the squash in a cross-hatch sample earlier than baking. This lets you simply take away bite-sized items with a fork simply as soon as it’s cooked. When you don’t do that, you’ll be man-handling your squash come dinnertime. 
5. Drizzle the flesh with both: Olive oil, salt and pepper (savory) OR melted ghee, maple syrup, and a contact of cinnamon (candy). For this recipe, select oil, salt and pepper.
6. Lay on a parchment lined baking sheet, face up, and roast at 400°F for one hour. When you’ve got a very massive or small squash, both add or subtract about 10 minutes and watch intently close to the tip of the prepare dinner time.

You may additionally like: Roasted Spaghetti Squash, Air Fryer Garlicky Mushrooms.

Sautéed Greens and Sausage

Whereas the squash is cooking, we’ll get to work prepping the goodness that goes inside! Reduce the kale into bite-sized items, and cube the mushrooms.

In case your children (or anybody in the home) HATES mushrooms, cube them up actually small. I imply REALLY small. The mushrooms will tackle the flavour of the sausage.

Most significantly, the feel finally ends up actually comparable! I believe texture is the most important offender for why my children gained’t eat mushrooms, so that is tremendous vital!

Seize a big skillet and brown the sausage over medium warmth, breaking it aside whereas it cooks. Toss within the mushrooms and kale, being cautious to not overcrowd the skillet.

As soon as the sausage is cooked by way of, the mushrooms are tender, and the kale is cooked down a bit, it’s able to assemble! Stuff every acorn squash half with the combination, season to style, and dig in!

After I made this, my 5 12 months previous was spooning the sausage combination into his mouth, barely swallowing earlier than shoving extra in. And as a lot as his desk manners are missing, I like to see him having fun with the meals I make (particularly after I sneak him additional veggies, muah ha ha). 

Extra wholesome & scrumptious dinner recipes: Pesto Rooster Spaghetti Squash Bake, Rooster & Bacon Caesar Salad, On the spot Pot Pineapple Pork Chops.

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