Stuffed Acorn Squash

1 point

Turns out, the recipe for Stuffed acorn squash: one of my all time favorite fall dishes, which just so happens to be vegan, is also very WW friendly! 😋 one point per serving!

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These look SO good and tasty. I can eat these alone or as a side dish.

Thanks to Jodi

Ingredients

2 acorn squash & de-seed.
Lightly coat avocado oil spray (0 pts) to coat.
Sprinkle dried thyme, and S&P
1 Cup of wild rice per pkg. directions.
1 small chopped onion,
2 cloves of minced garlic,
2 Cup diced mushrooms, &
1 medium chopped bell pepper.
1 can of cannellini beans,
2 big handfuls of spinach (tonight I used dinosaur kale instead),
1 tsp. thyme,
2 tsp of crushed red chili flakes

Directions

Cut in half lengthwise 2 acorn squash & de-seed. Lightly coat with oil, or use avocado oil spray (0 pts) to coat. Sprinkle dried thyme, and S&P on it & cook for 45 min.

Meanwhile, cook 1 C. of wild rice per pkg. directions.

Then, to make stuffing, cooked down 1 sm. chopped onion, 2 cloves of minced garlic, 2 C. diced mushrooms, & 1 med. chopped bell pepper.

Add to it 1 can of cannellini beans, 2 big handfuls of spinach (tonight I used dinosaur kale instead), 1 tsp. thyme, 2 tsp of crushed red chili flakes, and S&P. Wilt down greens, but then add the wild rice to it. Stuff your cooked squash half. 1 very well-stuffed squash half = 1 points ; is super tasty and filling! 😁

Honestly, there’s enough stuffing that it really could support cooking down one more halved squash, making it 6 servings instead of 4. If you do that, then it’d be just under even less points per serving!!! Woohoo!

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Notes I found the original recipe here: https://simple-veganista.com/stuffed-acorn-squash-with-wild-rice_28

I wish I could call this my own creation, because it is sooo delicious, but truth be told I always just doctor up this recipe a little. 😉

For instance, I like more crushed chili pepper flakes & I often use a blend of kale & spinach in mine. In the picture I posted, I used Thai black rice (because that’s what I had on had) & it worked just fine, but truthfully using all wild rice in it is the best!