Italian Sauté Stuffed Acorn Squash

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Italian Sauté Stuffed Acorn Squash a try. For $4.78 per serving, this recipe covers 38% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 456 calories, 38g of protein, and 9g of fat. If you have italian seasoning, ready-to-serve Asian fried rice, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is liked by 46 foodies and cooks. It is a pretty expensive recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes. It is brought to you by The Housewife in Training Files. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 95%. This score is excellent. Users who liked this recipe also liked Sunny's Italian Sausage-Stuffed Acorn Squash, Italian Stuffed Acorn Squash-Crock Pot, and Butternut Squash Noodle Turkey Bolognese Stuffed Acorn Squash with Melted Gruyere: Two Ways.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 30 minutes

 

Ingredients:

6 oz fresh baby spinach

1 (14.5 oz) can tomato sauce

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1½ Tbsp Italian Seasoning

1 lb lean ground turkey

16 oz diced mushrooms

1 Tbs olive oil

To serve, Roasted acorn squash, spaghetti squash or whole wheat pasta

1 small red onion, diced

Salt and Pepper, to taste

Garnish, Parsley, chopped

Equipment:

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

Heat large saute pan over medium heat. Add oil. Once heated, add onions, mushrooms and garlic. Saute for about 10 minutes, or until onions or translucent and mushrooms are soft.Add ground turkey and use spoon to break up. As it cooks, continue to break up meat and incorporate veggies.Once turkey is cooked, add Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Add spinach and tomato sauce. Heat through.To serve, add saute over roasted acorn squash, spaghetti squash or whole wheat pasta. Garnish with parsley.

 

Step by step:


1. Heat large saute pan over medium heat.

2. Add oil. Once heated, add onions, mushrooms and garlic.

3. Saute for about 10 minutes, or until onions or translucent and mushrooms are soft.

4. Add ground turkey and use spoon to break up. As it cooks, continue to break up meat and incorporate veggies.Once turkey is cooked, add Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.

5. Add spinach and tomato sauce.

6. Heat through.To serve, add saute over roasted acorn squash, spaghetti squash or whole wheat pasta.

7. Garnish with parsley.


Nutrition Information:

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455k Calories
38g Protein
8g Total Fat
60g Carbs
52% Health Score
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Calories
455k
23%

Fat
8g
13%

  Saturated Fat
1g
11%

Carbohydrates
60g
20%

  Sugar
10g
11%

Cholesterol
62mg
21%

Sodium
1411mg
61%

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Protein
38g
77%

Vitamin K
222µg
212%

Vitamin A
5993IU
120%

Vitamin B3
18mg
91%

Vitamin B6
1mg
67%

Selenium
36µg
52%

Vitamin B2
0.81mg
48%

Potassium
1482mg
42%

Phosphorus
415mg
42%

Manganese
0.71mg
35%

Folate
139µg
35%

Copper
0.63mg
31%

Vitamin B5
3mg
31%

Vitamin C
25mg
31%

Fiber
6g
28%

Iron
4mg
27%

Magnesium
101mg
25%

Vitamin B1
0.33mg
22%

Vitamin E
3mg
22%

Zinc
3mg
21%

Calcium
121mg
12%

Vitamin B12
0.62µg
10%

Vitamin D
0.68µg
5%

covered percent of daily need
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