Baked Acorn Squash With Spinach
By: Pam
Published: Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 10:00am

Ingredients




1 acorn squash
8 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup Oscar Meyer Real Bacon Bits or fry crisp 2 strips bacon
1 teaspoon softened butter
1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese, divided
2 tomato slices

Preparation

1 Cut squash in half, discarding seeds. 2 Place upside down on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. 3 Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes or until fork tender. 4 Scoop out pulp, leaving a ¼” shell. 5 In a large bowl, combine squash, spinach, onion, bacon bits, butter salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and 4 tablespoons cheese. 6 Spoon into shells. 7 Top with tomato slice and remaining Parmesan cheese, 8 Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes until heated through 9 Serve

About


Acorn squash is our favorite winter squash. So many recipes for it as a side dish include butter with brown sugar, maple syrup, nutmeg and cinnamon. I'm not one for really sweet foods other than desserts and candy so, I wanted to incorporate another vegetable with the squash for a more savory dish.