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Recipe: Maple Butter Roasted Acorn Squash with Quinoa and Pecans
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Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
45
minutes
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Total Time
1
hour
hr
Ingredients
2
acorn squashes
2
tbsp.
butter
6
tbsp.
maple sirup
1
cup
quinoa
2/3
cup
dried cranberries
3
tsp.
pecan pieces
1
cup
spinach
1
tsp.
garlic
1/3
onion
salt
pepper
nutmeg
thyme
red pepper flakes
crumbled blue cheese
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200 °C (400 °F).
Cut the acorn squashes in half and scoop out the seeds.
In a little pan melt the butter and mix with 3 tbsp. of the maple sirup. Dab the mix on the insides of the squash halves.
Put the squash into the oven for about 35 minutes.
Cook the quinoa in a pot together with about 2 cups of water. It takes about 15 minutes until it's done. Let it cool down a little.
Mix the quinoa with all remaining ingredients except for the blue cheese.
After about 35 minutes take the squash out of the oven. Fill the quinoa mix into the halves. Put everything back into the oven for another 10 minutes.
After taking out the filled squash, sprinkle a bit of crumbled blue cheese on top of each half.