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I also want to give a huge shout out to my friend Heather, the creator of Spiceologist, who has teamed up with Sabra and shared with me a block of her gorgeous spices! Not only does this block look gorgeous, the spices smell incredible! I've used a few spices in my regular cooking already, and for this recipe I used Heather's zaatar. They’re simple and adorable and I kinda have the urge to pat them on the head and tell them they’re cute. Make sure to check out Sabra's special website for their salsa line where you can find videos of farmers singing to tomatoes, coupons, sweepstakes and recipes. Twice-Baked Acorn Squash w/ Maple Butter and Pecans Jump to Recipe Pin Recipe Leave a Comment Twice-baked potatoes are kinda basic, aren’t they They are in an endearing way, of course. You can read all about my awesome trip to Bakersfield sponsored by Sabra and the first two recipes I created: Sabra Salsa Burger with Peaches, Avocado & Sriracha Mayo and Sweet & Spicy Shrimp with Sabra's Mango Peach Salsa, Pineapples and Scallions Over Orzo. This is a third recipe I've created for Sabra using their line of salsa products. One of the recipes I made was this Twice Baked Acorn Squash with Roasted Garlic Sabra Salsa. I also went to see Gone Girl, which I highly recommend, and of course cooked a couple of things.

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Thank god for pork.Fall is finally here! I spent the weekend in pajamas catching up with my TV shows, wishing I had a fireplace, or a warm body close by, finally unpacking from my trip to Seattle and doing 3 loads of laundry. Tanner ate most of mine, so I’m about to go make another one. So much easier.Īnyways, I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did. Place squash cut side down on baking sheet. Brush flesh of squash with olive oil and season with salt and black pepper. Using a spoon, scoop out the seeds and strings inside the squash. Spread butter and sprinkling of salt and nutmeg on the inside of the squash. Wash your butternut squash thoroughly then cut it in half length-wise. Place cut sides up in deep baking dish or roasting pan.

Remove seeds and pulp with a metal spoon, but do not peel. So if you don’t take photos of your everything you eat, like I do, just do it in the damn skillet. Wash squash, carefully cut into halves from tip to stem. Get the recipes Lentil-Stuffed Acorn Squash Twice-Baked Squash Casserole with Pecan Crunch Pumpkin Skillet Cornbread with Honey Butter Pumpkin-Lentil Stew. I baked the casserole in a casserole dish, but afterwards I realized that I could have saved myself the dish by cooking it all in the cast iron skillet. That was a huge factor in why I chose to make a squash dish.

I have an absurd amount of squash right now that I store on top of my fridge and every time I open the freezer, they fall and almost kill me.

Plus, it’s humanely raised without hormones or antibiotics. Add cheddar cheese, butter, and seasonings. Carefully scoop out the insides of squash, and place in a large bowl. Place squash halves on the baking sheet, cut sides down. No sugar, no nitrates, no gluten, no soy, no dairy, no calls to my plumber. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray. Mulay’s Sausage is the absolute best sausage I’ve ever had. Whole Foods stopped carrying my beloved Mulay’s Sausage and I’ve had to make the long trek (across the street) to Bristol Farms to buy it #FirstWorldProblems. And I think about these things A LOT, so that’s definitely saying something. The one requirement for the recipe is that it’s nutrient dense, properly prepared, and whole foods based.

I had another recipe assignment for my NTC training and these assignments are my favorite! I don’t know why, but these assignments get me thinking about the food quality, macronutrient ratios, and micronutrient quantity way more than I do on a daily basis.

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So why not recreate it and go full out breakfast?! Sharon’s recipe was savory and as much as I loved it with the other Thanksgiving dinner foods, I couldn’t stop thinking about it as a breakfast food. I think my cousin’s ratio was something like 1 cup of sugar for every sweet potato and the topping alone had a glycemic index of 4,000. But it was a lovely replacement for the sweet potato “casserole” my cousin used to make. Hers might have had Italian sausage or plain ground pork – not sure. My (almost) sister in-law, Sharon made something very similar on Thanksgiving and it was one of my favorite dishes of the day.

Three things led to the creation of this recipe. You really can’t go wrong with acorn squash, pork, or twice baking.