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Apple-Stuffed Acorn Squash

Submitted by: cksmom1 
Home Town: Sutton West, Ontario, Canada
Living In: Monte Vista, Colorado, USA
Granny Smith apples and Cheddar cheese fill these tender acorn squash halves. 

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Wild Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash

Submitted by: sherry 
Acorn squash are stuffed with a mixture of cornbread, mushrooms, and wild rice flavored with sage to make an impressive vegetarian main course that's fit for a special occasion or holiday meal. 

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Baked Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, and Coconut Milk Soup

Submitted by: serenadelorenzo 
Home Town: Roseburg, Oregon, USA
Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA
Pumpkin, acorn squash, and sweet potatoes are mashed together in this silky and satisfying soup. 

Roasted Acorn Squash and Crawfish Bisque

Submitted by: Chef Q 
Fall acorn squash is roasted with a warming blend of spices, then finished with fresh basil and crawfish tails in this deliciously inventive soup. 

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Acorn Squash with Sweet Spicy Sausage

Submitted by: CarolynWG 
This simple recipe combines the sweetness of winter squash and brown sugar with spicy turkey sausage, all served right in the squash shell. 

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Gingery Quinoa-Stuffed Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Jeana Malcolm 
Home Town: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA
This hearty dish combines quinoa with apples, veggies, and loads of ginger in an acorn squash bowl that is perfect fare for those blustery fall and winter evenings. 

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Creamy Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Laurie Gonzalez 
Living In: Bremerton, Washington, USA
I love acorn squash with butter and sugar, but since that doesn't go over very well with a low-fat, low-sugar diet I came up with this alternative. Feel free to adjust the seasonings to suit your individual tastes. 

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Stuffed Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Susan Reynolds 
Relates Susan Reynolds of Livermore, Colorado, 'One of my husband's favorite foods is acorn squash. I had an abundance of zucchini and acorn squash, so I put together this concoction. He pronounced it 'perfect'!' 

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Cider Baked Squash

Submitted by: Christine Gibson 
I'm a free-lance writer who sometimes needs a break from a long session of working on a story. That's when I escape to the kitchen to whip up something that's good to eat, yet easy to prepare. This is one of my favorites! 

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Beef-Stuffed Squash

Submitted by: Darlene Smith 
I won a first-place trophy with this recipe in a cook-off in 1981. I've made it for family and guests many times since. Each squash has a shiny glaze on top, which makes this a spectacular-looking dish! 

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Sausage 'N' Apple Baked Squash

Submitted by: Sandra Bedggood 
This hearty side dish is perfect for winter evening meals and complements an assortment of meats. I clipped it from a newspaper years ago and it soon became a family favorite. 

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Apple-Stuffed Squash

Submitted by: Nila Towler 
Nila also sends along her recipe for Apple-Stuffed Squash, which will give any meal a real taste of autumn. 

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Acorn Squash Slices

Submitted by: Richard Lamb 
'Acorn squash is a favorite with my family,' relates Mrs. Richard Lamb of Williamsburg, Indiana. 'This recipe gets sweet maple flavor from syrup and an appealing nuttiness from pecans. It's easy, too, because you don't have to peel the squash.' 

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Autumn Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Paula Marchesi 
This quick and easy dish is a meal in itself. I serve this quite often during the fall and winter months. I was born and raised on eastern Long Island and am whole-heartedly a country person. 

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Spiced Squash Rings

Submitted by: Kathy Biesheuvel 
If you're tired of traditional sweet potatoes, this side dish is a tasty alternative. The cornmeal gives it a pleasant texture, and there's a nice balance between sweetness and spice. 

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Honey-Spice Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Alpha Wilson 
'I've made this simple side dish for more than 35 years,' says Alpha Wilson of Roswell, New Mexico. Cinnamon and ginger give a nice spiced flavor to the moist tender squash halves. You can use up the extra squash in the two recipes that follow. 

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Mallow-Pecan Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Catherine Seibold 
We always grow squash in our garden, and this recipe is one of our favorites ways to cook it. My grandkids like this vegetable dish because of the marshmallows. 

Cherry-Stuffed Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Christa Beard 
Sweet dried cherries, brown sugar and tangy lemon juice spruce up tender squash halves in this special wintertime side dish. 'Instead of sweet potatoes, I make this delicious recipe for holiday dinners,' writes Christa Beard of Jacksonville, Florida. 

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Apple-Stuffed Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Karen Scaglione 
'You'll find this delicious squash is a welcome change from plain vegetable side dishes,' assures Karen Scaglione of Nanuet, New York. 'It makes a great accompaniment to pork roast.' 

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Wild Rice Stuffed Squash

Submitted by: Robin Thompson 
I made this recipe when we invited both families to celebrate our first Thanksgiving in our new home. There were 37 of us, and those who tried this dish raved about it. 

 
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