Stuffed butternut squash with quinoa

Stuffed butternut squash with quinoa

A filling vegetarian supper of roasted squash with a healthy pepper, pine nut and olive-flecked quinoa stuffing

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Recipe by Caroline Hire

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

SERVES 2 with filling leftover

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Halve the butternut squash, scoop out the seeds and score the flesh with a sharp knife.
  2. Arrange the two halves on a baking tray, drizzle with a little olive oil, season with freshly ground black pepper and sea salt, sprinkle with dried oregano and cook for 40 minutes. Take out the oven, add the chopped peppers to the tray alongside the squash and cook for a further 10 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile mix the rest of the ingredients. Take the tray out of the oven and carefully transfer the peppers to the stuffing mix. Stir together and spoon the filling onto the butternut squash. Return to the oven for 10 mins. Serve.
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SERVE 4 AS A SIDE DISH

Substitute the medium butternut squash with 2 small ones. Cook for half an hour instead of 40 minutes to start but then follow the timings for the rest of the recipe.

LEFTOVERS

Chill the leftover filling and serve as a grain salad.

PER SERVING

660 kcalories, protein 21g, carbohydrate 57g, fat 38,7 g, saturated fat 9,5g, fibre 12,2g, sugar 22,6g, salt 2,8 g

Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, January 2012.

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  • Binder photo Jo

    06 February 2012

    Jo rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Slightly odd combination of flavours. The freshness of the carrot, spring onions, etc just didn't work very well with the olives, pepper and feta in this dish. My butternut squash could definitely have had longer in the oven as well, so will try that next time.

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  • 08 February 2012

    KittyG rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yummy and very filling, my husband didn't even complain there was no meat!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

SERVES 2 with filling leftover

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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PER SERVING

660 kcalories, protein 21g, carbohydrate 57g, fat 38,7 g, saturated fat 9,5g, fibre 12,2g, sugar 22,6g, salt 2,8 g

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