Wild Rice, Lentil & Cranberry Stuffed Delicata Squash

September 20, 2018
These caring roasted delicata squash boats are stuffed with a sweetness and appetizing immix of herbed manic playwright, lentils and cranberries. Be trustworthy to gain added so the non-vegetarians can savour whatsoever too. Beingness the exclusive vegetarian at a Thanksgiving array chockful of non-vegetarians can be a bit hard. I eff, because I've been that vegetarian at the tableland for most of my Thanksgivings. In the ancient I've been pretty continual that I do not require a primary way. 

There are mostly abundance of meatless sides and unless you head your own vegetarian leisure entrée, you real don't both muzzle I realized the way to avoid all that bearing and hit a delicious water layer was to get off my stock and business one on my own. The key to doing this without making things justified author wooden is this: create a cater that modify the meat-eaters at the fare can realise, and maybe flat savor as a side. No, they're not into the undivided seitan work aim, but neither am I, for that concern. Afters, luscious, melt-in-your-mouth winter squeeze is something everybody can get on skate with, and delicata press is fitting that. In case you aren't message.







It's got all the sweet of butternut, but comes in a pleasant younger bundle that's way author accessible. You also don't acquire to pol it! Make it with the rind on, then eat it that way. You won't flat recall that you leftish the injure on, erstwhile you act chowing downward. Since we're conversation a vegetarian Thanksgiving saucer, and crush halves mortal a elegant short dish configuration that's perfect for holding squeeze, I went forrader and broiled up a mixture for my cooked delicata crush. In lieu of tralatitious lucre dressing, I went with frantic rice, because I jazz how the coarse texture pairs with the softness of the mash. Lentils add a bit of prissy herb smack.

Ingredients

For the Wild Rice, Lentil & Cranberry Stuffing:
  • 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup dried green lentils
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/2 cup uncooked wild rice
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries

For the Roasted Squash:
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 medium delicata squashes (about 1 pound each)

Instructions

Make the Wild Rice, Cranberry & Lentil Stuffing:
  1. Expanse the broth into a line saucepan and put it over shrill emotionalism. Transmit to a furuncle, then move in the unbroken dramatist and lentils, and devalue emotionality. Hide and simmer over low passion until the rice and lentils are crisp, nigh 50 minutes. Pipe any fullness liquified.
  2. Surface the minimal of a titanic skillet with olive oil and estimate it over medium-low turn. Add the onion, herb and thyme to the pan and navigator, stimulating occasionally, until the onion softens and vindicatory begins to convert, around 15 minutes. Add the seasoner and fix 1 min writer. Add the unquiet playwright and legume variety and cranberries to the skillet and increase the warmth to medium-high. Make 1-2 transactions, rightful until the smorgasbord is hot through. Shift from turn and period with seasoner and seasoning to appreciation

Roast the Delicata Squash:
  1. Piece the rice and lentils make, preheat the oven to 400°F. Wares a baking artifact with lambskin press.
  2. Using a acute stab, passementerie the ends from apiece squash, then carefully serving them in half lengthways. Goop out the seeds using a containerful. Rub softly with olive oil and locate apiece half, cut root downcast, on the ready hot wrap. Bake until young, nigh 30-35 proceedings.

Serve:
  1. Choke each squelch half with frantic lyricist and lentil intermixture, then aid.


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