Wild Rice-Stuffed Squash

Name: Wild Rice-Stuffed Squash
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lg butternut, buttercup or acorn squash; 1/3 c water; 1.5 Tbsp non-diet tub-style margarine or butter; 1c fresh bread crumbs; 1 tsp dried thyme; 2c sliced mushrooms; 1/2c chopped onions; 1/2c chopped celery; 1c chopped sweet red peppers; 2c cooked wild rice; 1/2c reduced-sodium vegetable broth; 1/2c nonfat sour cream; 2 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese; 1 tsp no-salt herb blend

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:1h 20min

Stuffed squash is the perfect fall dish: hearty, flavorful, and warm. Plus, the variations are endless, so you can use whatever veggies you have on hand to fill it up.

Updated at: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:30:51 GMT

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Ingredients

4 servings

2butternut

lg, buttercup, or acorn squash

⅓ cwater

1.5 Tbspmargarine

non-diet, tub-style, or butter

1 cfresh bread crumbs

2 cmushrooms

½ conions

½ ccelery

1 csweet red peppers

chopped

2 cwild rice

cooked

½ creduced-sodium vegetable broth

½ cnonfat sour cream

2 Tbspgrated parmesan cheese

1 tspno-salt herb blend

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Step 2

To make squash CUT the squash in half lengthwise; remove and discard the seeds. Coat a 4-quart no-stick baking dish with no-stick spray. Place the squash, cut side down, in the dish. Pour the water into the dish and bake for 45 minutes, or just until the squash is tender.

Step 3

To make wild rice stuffing Meanwhile, in a large no-stick skillet over medium heat, melt the margarine or butter. Add the bread crumbs and thyme. Cook, stirring frequently, for 4 to 5 minutes, or until the bread crumbs are golden. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.

Step 4

COOK the mushrooms, onions, celery and peppers in the same skillet for 8 to 10 minutes, or until tender. Stir in the rice and broth. Cook for 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the sour cream and Parmesan.

Step 5

SPRINKLE the flesh of the squash with the herb blend. Spoon equal amounts of the stuffing into each squash half, mounding the filling as necessary to use all of it. Sprinkle with the bread crumbs. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until heated through.