Veggie Stuffed Acorn Squash – with quinoa, kale, dried cherries, apples, onions, walnuts, and sage. The perfect comforting vegetarian meal!
I recently started a farm to table subscription. It has been so fun to experiment with new vegetables. This is one of those creations! I never eat acorn squash. But this is my new favorite fall vegetarian dish.
The flavors in the quinoa scream fall comfort food. It’s loaded with kale, sage, dried cherries, apples, onion, walnuts, maple syrup, cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, and white wine. This makes the perfect vegetarian meal.
A stuffed acorn squash is like a fall version of a stuffed pepper. It’s definitely a complete meal on it’s own. But this kale salad would pair really well with all of these flavors!
Honey roasted sweet potatoes would be very delicious with this as well.
You could also add some ground sausage or pork to the quinoa mixture. That would add an extra punch of flavor, protein, and satisfy your meat lovers.
You can cut the acorn squash in half and stuff them. But I like to cut the acorn squash into 1/2-inch thick slices. This gives you more filling than acorn squash. It also cooks faster this way. It makes it so there isn’t any pre-roasting, steaming, or baking steps required.
And by letting the quinoa cook for that same amount of time that squash does, the quinoa gets a crispy on the outside and stays soft on the inside. It’s perfection.
P.S. this spoon is great for getting the seeds out of an acorn squash.