Ingredients
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nonstick spray coating
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2 small acorn squash (about 2 pounds total)
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12 ounces ground lean pork or 12 ounces lean ground turkey
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1/2 cup chopped celery
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1/2 cup chopped onion
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon curry powder
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1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 cup unsweetened applesauce
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2 slices whole wheat bread, cubed
Instructions
- Spray a shallow baking pan with nonstick coating.
- Wash and halve squash; discard seeds.
- Place squash, cut sides down, in prepared baking pan.
- Bake, uncovered, in a 350 dregree oven for 45 minutes or until tender.
- Meanwhile, for stuffing, in a large skillet cook ground pork or turkey, celery, and onion until meat is brown and vegetables are tender.
- Drain off fat.
- Stir in salt, curry powder, and cinnamon; cook 1 minute more.
- Stir in applesauce and bread cubes.
- Turn squash cut sides up in pan.
- Spoon stuffing into squash halves.
- Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes more.