Acorn Squash - A Healthy, Light & Vegetarian Summer Favorite - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup uncooked quinoa
    2 acorn squash
    1 (15 1/2 ounce) can cannellini beans
    1/4 cup olive oil
    2 tablespoons fresh parsley
    2 tablespoons of fresh mint
    2 tablespoons fresh basil
    salt & pepper, to taste at end
    1 avocado
    feta cheese
    fresh lemon or lime
Preparation
    Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Slice acorn squash in half, remove seeds, place on baking sheet, sprinkle with a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper to taste. Cook for ~1hr until you can stick a fork through easily (like a baked potato).
    In sauce pan, cook the quinoa - follow directions on box (normally its 1 c fresh quinoa to 2 c water).
    Add can of Cannellini beans to quinoa.
    Add 1/4 c of olive oil to quiona.
    Add to quinoa, salt/pepper to taste (I used ~ teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of pepper).
    Right before you remove squash from oven (as quinoa has cooled) add fresh herbs to quinoa.
    To plate & serve: Place 1/2 acorn squash on dish, spoon 1/4 of quinoa mixture, top with fresh avocado, feta cheese and sliced radish. Can drizzle with a bit more olive oil if you prefer and even a squeeze of lemon or lime.

Leave a comment