Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil,3 smalls acorn squash,1 cup brown basmati rice,1 small onion,2 cloves garlic,1 1/4 pounds (or 1 package) lean ground turkey,1 package baby bella mushrooms,1 bag spinach,2 tablespoons vegeta seasoning,1/2 teaspoon bell pepper flakes,Salt and pepper,1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
Instructions:
- Prepare rice according to package instructions. (I either cook the rice in chicken stock, or this time I used water and added 1 tablespoon vegeta seasoning to the water to add flavor to the rice as it cooks.)
- Meanwhile preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cut squash in half and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast skin side down for 30 minutes.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in large skilled.
- Add diced onions. Cook until translucent.
- Add garlic and cook for 1 minute longer.
- Add turkey, 1 tablespoon vegeta, red pepper, salt and pepper. Cook until turkey is browned and almost cooked through. Rough chop the mushrooms and add to the pan. Cook until mushrooms are softened.
- Add rice and spinach and stir until spinach is just wilted.
- Stuff the squash with the meat and rice mixture and top with bread crumbs. (Either toss bread crumbs with 2 teaspoons olive oil, or I just spray them with spray olive oil to make sure that they brown in the oven.
- Bake stuffed squash in oven until bread crumbs are browned.