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A filling vegan dinner for four, this stuffed acorn squash recipe features mushrooms, spinach and walnuts for 7 grams of satisfying fiber per serving.
INGREDIENTS
SERVES 4
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2 Whole Acorn Squash
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2 tbsp Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
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1 onion
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1 lb sliced mushrooms
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2 garlic clove
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10 oz Fresh Spinach
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1/2 cup Walnuts
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1 pinch sea salt
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1 pinch ground black pepper
DIRECTIONS
1
Cut squash in half and bake flesh side down at 350 for 30 minutes. While squash is baking, sauté garlic, mushrooms and onions in the coconut oil until soft.
2
Add in spinach till it wilts and cooks through. Then toss in the walnuts and mix through. Turn off heat.
3
When squash has cooked about 30 minutes, take out of oven and scoop out most of flesh. Mix into sautéed veggies. Season with salt and pepper.
4
Take squash/veggie/walnut mixture and evenly distribute into middle of the scooped-out squashes. Place back in oven and cook another 20 minutes until squash is cooked all the way through. Remove from oven and eat!