California Farm Stuffed Butternut Squash Dinner

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Butternut squash is a warm soil summer squash, we plant seeds inside our window in mid March, transplant outside mid April, ripe as of mid July. Stuffed with or without meat, they make a complete and filling meal. The roasted seeds are a great snack by themselves.

California Farm Stuffed Butternut Squash Dinner

Butternut squash is a warm soil summer squash, we plant seeds inside our window in mid March, transplant outside mid April, ripe as of mid July. Stuffed with or without meat, they make a complete and filling meal. The roasted seeds are a great snack by themselves.

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Ingredients

45 minutes when beans & rice are precooked
2 people, 4 big dinners
  1. 3 poundbutternut squash, halved and hollowed out, yields 2 cups butternut flesh pieces
  2. 1 Cupcooked black beans
  3. 1 Cupcooked basmati rice
  4. 1 Cupdiced aged cheese
  5. 2 Tbssliced shiitake mushrooms
  6. 2 Tbsdiced avocado
  7. 2 Tbscherry tomatoes
  8. 2 Tbsfresh green onions, chopped
  9. Optional 2 Tbs cold smoked ham
  10. Spray of olive oil
  11. Flaked Sea salt
  12. Serve with Pico de Gallo Avocado mayonnaise sauce
  13. Equipment: sauce pans to simmer beans and rice, baking pan to bake butternut halves and roast seeds, bowl to roast extra stuffling
  14. Cost: butternut squash free or $1 at the farmers market, cheese $2, rice & beans, small avocado, tomato, onion, optional cured bacon, mushrooms, each 50 cents, $1.50 per full dinner per person

Cooking Instructions

45 minutes when beans & rice are precooked
  1. 1

    Roast the squash seeds: cut squash in half, scoop seeds out with spoon, wash, dry seeds, rub with seasalt, place single layer on roasting sheet in oven with butter nut squash. Cook 1/2 cup basmati rice, cook 1/2 cup black beans, yields full cups each.

  2. 2

    Hollow out butternut squash with apple corer. Slice into butternut flesh, angle and press down apple corer, take out butternut pieces for cooking, yields over 2 cups.

  3. 3

    Mix cored squash flesh, black beans, basmati rice, aged cheese, optional cured ham pieces, avocado, mushroom, tomato, green onion. Stuff inside butternut squash. Extra stuffing goes in bowl to be roasted and served with the squash. Spray olive oil on top. Sprinkle flaked sea salt on top. Seeds go on the side.

  4. 4

    Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Bake 45 minutes till butternut pieces are soft, check with fork. Serve in shell. Serve with avocado mayonnaise amd roasted squash seeds. Shells go to horses and piggy, or on compost pile.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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