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Stuffed Butternut Squash Recipe
This easy Stuffed Butternut Squash recipe is filled with Italian sausage, veggies, seasonings, and cheddar cheese. Perfect for the holidays!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 25m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 1h 15m👤 Jess Rice📖 budgetbytes
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●whisk
- ●baking sheet
- ●pan
- ●spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cut
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Preheat oven to 400F. Cut butternut squash in half length-wise, leaving the skin on. You can cup off the stem to make it easier to cut in half. Seed squash and puncture sides with a fork.
butternut squash (about 2 lbs each) ($5.12)2
3
Whisk together maple syrup, olive oil, minced garlic, salt, and pepper.
maple syrup ($0.48)2 Tbspolive oil ($0.19)1 Tbspgarlic, minced ($0.12)4 cloves
4
Brush the flesh of the squash with the maple marinade mixture.
5
Bake
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On a lined baking sheet, pre-bake the squash (before stuffing) for ⏱️ 35 minutes, until the flesh is soft and easily pierced with a fork but not falling apart or mushy. If the neck of the squash is still a bit raw, cook an additional ⏱️ 5 min.
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Cook
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While the squash is pre-baking, prepare your filling: Combine olive oil, diced onion, diced celery, salt, chili flakes, poultry seasoning, and black pepper in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Cook until glossy and softened, about ⏱️ 8 minutes.
olive oil ($0.19)1 Tbsp
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Brown
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Then, add the ground sausage to the pan and break it up with a spatula. Cook the sausage until completely browned.
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Stir in fresh spinach.
spinach ($0.99)3 cups
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Cook until spinach is wilted, a few minutes, and then add ½ cup of shredded cheddar cheese, stirring to combine.
spinach ($0.99)3 cupsshredded cheddar, divided ($0.98)1 cup
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Stuff each cavity of butternut squash with ¼ of the filling. Top with the remaining ½ cup shredded cheese. These should be overly full!
butternut squash (about 2 lbs each) ($5.12)2
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Bake
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Once stuffed, bake for an additional ⏱️ 15-20 min until cheese on top is slightly browned and melted.
Nutrition Facts
calories
394 kcal
fat Content
26 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
5 g
sodium Content
759 mg
protein Content
14 g
carbohydrate Content
28 g
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