stuffed carnival squash
 
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tender carnival squash stuffed with ground beef or venison and warming spices
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Recipe type: paleo main dish
Serves: 4 side dish servings or two main dish servings
Ingredients
  • 2 small carnival squash, halved and seeded (may substitute)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 pound ground beef or venison
  • 1 tablespoon pressed garlic
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ¼ cup dried, unsweetened cranberries
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 bunch chopped green onions
  • 2 tablespoons salted butter, divided
Instructions
  1. Place halved, seeded squash, cut side down, in a large baking dish with 1 cup water.
  2. Bake squash for thirty minutes at 350 degrees.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large deep skillet, saute garlic and onion in oil.
  4. Add ground beef or venison and cook, breaking up as you go.
  5. Stir in spices and herbs with salt and pepper.
  6. Stir in honey and cranberries; continue cooking for five minutes.
  7. Remove from heat and stir in parsley and green onions.
  8. Remove baked squash from oven; drain and turn cut-side-up.
  9. Scoop filling evenly into squash halves.
  10. Top each stuffed squash half with half a tablespoon butter.
  11. Return to oven and bake for ten minutes.
  12. Note: Feel free to substitute kabocha or other medium squash.
  13. Squash can be cooked in microwave safe dish, same technique, to save time.
Recipe by Dancing With My Father at https://dancingwithmyfather.net/stuffed-carnival-squash/