Fruity Stuffed Butternut Squash |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 21 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Squash-haters, beware! This recipe is so sweet and tasty you'll want to eat the leftovers for breakfast. (Hey, I do...) Easily doubles to serve a crowd. This is from Disease-Proof Your Child . Ingredients:
1 medium butternut squash |
1/2 cup dried apricot, cut in half |
1/4 cup raisins (i use thompsons) |
1/2 cup orange juice (tropicana calcium fortified, with pulp, is best, you can't taste the pulp here) |
2 tablespoons raw sunflower seeds |
2 tablespoons raw pumpkin seeds |
Directions:
1. Soak the apricots and raisens in the juice overnight. If you forget to do this, no biggie. See below.
2. Cut your squash in half, and scoop out the seeds/pulp. Place in a glass pan, cut-side down, and stab each half a few times like you would a potato. Pour on about 1 cm of water, and bake in a 325 F oven about 50 minute (medium squash) or 1 hr and 15 min (large squash- times are approximate guesses). Test with a long knife. You know it's done when it's quite soft all through, but not actually mushy.
3. If you didn't soak the fruit, place it with juice in a small pot, bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Let sit, covered, while squash bakes.
4. 5 minute before the squash is done, transfer the fruit mixture to a food processor or mini-chopper if you have one. Pulse a few times, then add the seeds and blend till they're slightly chopped. It should be like a thick, chunky paste.
5. Turn squash halves rightside up, scoop the fruit mix in the hollow part, and cover the pan with foil or a glass lid. Bake 10-15 minutes more.
6. To serve, divide squash among plates and give each a share of the fruity stuff. Mash it up together, it's really good that way!
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