Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash



Last night I was scouring the internet for cheap Paleo meals.  We have a very limited budget for groceries that has to last us the next two weeks.  We are very pleased with how we have felt since switching to Paleo, not to mention the fact that I have lost 10 lbs!!  People, that is huge considering my weight has been pretty steady since I had Zoe.  I have had such a hard time losing that "muffin top" that appeared post birth.  ;) Anyway...enough about that.  The point is, when we go back to eating "regular" food, we do NOT feel great.  Last week we ended up eating burritos and Top Ramen, because well...it's cheap.  I definitely felt the effects though.  So I was determined to plan some Paleo meals this week, on a budget.  One of the recipes I found was for Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash.  I did not buy organic sausage or vegi's this time, but at least the sausage was nitrate/nitrite free!  I have not tried it yet, gonna have it for dinner...but Norm had it when he got home and said it was great!  Yea!  I have typed out the recipe below and added a picture for your enjoyment.  ;)  By the way, the recipe was from www.fastpaleo.com

-2 acorn squash
-1 lb sausage
3 Tbsp coconut oil
-salt and pepper to taste
-1/2 tsp sage
-1 celery rib, 1/2 red onion, 2 cloves garlic
-2 apples, chopped
-1 egg beaten
-1/2 cup almond meal

Preheat oven to 400.  Cut squash in half, scoop out seeds.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper and sage.  Use 1 tbsp coconut oil, spoon into or brush onto each half.  Roast 60 minutes.

Melt remaining oil in pan over med heat.  Brown sausage.  Add salt and pepper.  Remove sausage and let cool.  Leave fat in pan. 

Dice onion, celery, garlic and saute over med heat til soft.  Add salt and pepper and chopped apples, saute.  Remove and add to sausage.

When cool, add egg and almond meal and rosemary, mix with hands.

Add to squash halves, bake 20 min.





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