Name: Sausage- and Pear-Stuffed Acorn Squash
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Olive oil cooking spray - 1 serving; Acorn squash, halved and seeded - 1; Olive oil - 1 tablespoon; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste - 1 pinch; Sage-flavored ground breakfast sausage - ½ pound; Onion, diced - ½; Thinly sliced cabbage - ½ cup; Matchstick-cut carrots - ½ cup; Pear - peeled, cored, and diced - 1

Ingredients for - Sausage- and Pear-Stuffed Acorn Squash

1. Olive oil cooking spray 1 serving

2. Acorn squash, halved and seeded 1

3. Olive oil 1 tablespoon

4. Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 pinch

5. Sage-flavored ground breakfast sausage ½ pound

6. Onion, diced ½

7. Thinly sliced cabbage ½ cup

8. Matchstick-cut carrots ½ cup

9. Pear - peeled, cored, and diced 1

How to cook deliciously - Sausage- and Pear-Stuffed Acorn Squash

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking pan with aluminum foil and spray with oil.

2 . Stage

Rub or brush 1/2 tablespoon oil on the flesh of each acorn squash half. Season with salt and pepper. Place squash halves onto the prepared baking pan, cut-side down.

3 . Stage

Roast in the preheated oven until softened, about 30 minutes.

4 . Stage

Meanwhile, brown sausage in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, cabbage, and carrots. Saute until onion is soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add diced pear and cook until softened but still crunchy, 2 to 3 minutes longer.

5 . Stage

Remove acorn squash from oven and turn over using tongs. Stuff with sausage-pear mixture. Return to oven and roast for an additional 10 minutes.