Easy Baked Acorn Squash with Sausage and Apple Filling
Filling, nutritious, AND delicious. The perfect weeknight or weekend meal that is sure to leave you feeling satisfied!
Ingredients
- 1 acorn squash
- .5 lb. ground pork
- 1 small white onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 red apple, chopped
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
- 1 tsp dried sage
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Microwave acorn squash for 2-3 minutes to soften and make it easier to cut. Cut squash in half, scooping out seeds with a spoon. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake cut side up for 40 minutes or until soft.
- Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook ground pork until browned. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove from the pan and set aside on a plate lined with a paper towel to absorb the excess fat.
- In the same pan, sauté garlic in the leftover pork fat until fragrant (about 30 seconds). Add onion and apple to the pan and continue cooking for 5-7 minutes. Add cooked pork back into the pan and add sage and thyme.
- Remove acorn squash from the oven and fill with pork mixture. Bake for 10 more minutes or until heated through. (If topping with cheese, add it for the last 5 minutes of bake time!)