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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. 

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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Acorn Squash Gnocchi with Parmesan Sage Beurre Blanc

Submitted by: SPEARL20 
This recipe is and outstanding way to use acorn squash both for the homemade gnocchi and the delicious Parmesan-sage sauce. 

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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. 

Squash Casserole with Crunchy Pecan Topping

Submitted by: Lana 
Living In: Dallas, Texas, USA
Roasted acorn squash is blended with eggs, half and half, sugar, vanilla, and butter, then baked with a crunchy crumble topping made with brown sugar, butter, and chopped pecans in this Thanksgiving family favorite. 

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Venison and Wild Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Aaron 
Spiced venison and wild rice make up the stuffing for these baked acorn squash. This makes an unusually good one-dish main course. 

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Squash and Coconut Milk Stew

Submitted by: Vanessa H. 
Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA
This interesting Filipino stew is made with squash, coconut, and shrimp. It is good eaten as a stew, or served over jasmine rice. 

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Spicy Pan-Fried Squash

Submitted by: MOTTSBELA Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
Home Town: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA
Pan-fried squash makes an excellent taco filler! Serve on warm, fresh corn tortillas. Top with black beans, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado and your favorite salsa. 

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Winter Vegetable Hash

Submitted by: REBECCABJ 
Home Town: New York, New York, USA
Living In: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
I have made this dish for company, and every time they ask for the recipe! I hope everyone else likes it as much as we do! 

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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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Spiced Acorn Squash

Submitted by: Carol Greco 
'Working full-time, I found I didn't always have time to cook the meals my family loved. So I re-created many of our favorites in the slow cooker,' notes Carol Greco of Centereach, New York. 'This cinnamony treatment for squash is one of them.' 

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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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