Roasted Sweet & Spicy Acorn Squash

Acorn Squash is one of those gourds that some people never learn how to cook simply because the thing looks so ugly. Little do many people know how delicious the Acorn Squash truly is. Try using this recipe to make yourself a delicious side-dish that will surely go over well with your guests on any given night especially when paired with some Garlic Jasmine Rice and Roasted Lemon & Rosemary Chicken breasts.

Enjoy!

Ingredients

2 acorn squash, sliced in 1/2, seeds removed

5 TBS butter

4 TBS dark brown sugar

1 tsp Cayenne Pepper

1 tsp Garlic Powder (w/ parsley if possible, it makes for a great woodsy flavor)

1 tsp ground nutmeg

Kosher Salt

2 TBS raw cane sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Assemble acorn squash on a baking sheet.

Place 1.5 TBS of butter and 1 TBS brown sugar in each half.

Add ¼ tsp of nutmeg in each, a ¼ tsp of garlic powder in each half, a ¼ tsp of cayenne pepper in each half and season with the Kosher Salt.

Bake until golden and tender, about 1 hour to 1 hour & a half, basting flesh of squash several times to prevent it from drying out.

About twenty minutes before the squash is done, sprinkle the edges generously with raw sugar.

Serve the squash warm alongside some white rice for a delicious meat free meal or with some roasted lemon & rosemary chicken, that will be sure to impress your guests.

Baked Acorn Squash

Today is National Acorn Squash Day. Now for my Grandmother and people a few generations ahead of us, these things are not hard to pick out at your local store. But what about the younger kids who grew up nowhere near a garden let alone a farm or field full of fresh vegetables, fruits and berries?

To no fault of their own, children of today oftentimes don’t know what is what when it comes preserving the land and growing their own vegetation, because Society at large isn’t promoting it as “Cool.”

We will leave our speech on the importance of The Slow Food Movement for a later time.

Well, we here at The Supreme Plate feel that it is our job to promote healthy living and good food as well as teach the youth how to make the Acorn Squash and many other funny looking forms of food taste delicious with just a minimal amount of work.

The Acorn Squash, seen in markets everywhere but often overlooked because of its odd shape and lack of promotion, is going to play the role of the Star in this recipe and will amaze you and your kids as to just how deliciously sweet it tastes when hit with a few simple ingredients and given a quick run through the oven.

Enjoy!