Baked Acorn Squash Recipes

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Eric Wolfinger

Acorn squash can be a tasty side or a savory main course. Try anything from the puree to the baked acorn dish and we promise you'll never look at acorn squash the same.

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Healthy Chicken and Roasted Acorn Squash

Perfect as a holiday side or, paired with a nice green salad, as a quick and healthy weeknight meal, this cold-weather twist on traditional chicken salad is sure to satisfy.

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Baked Acorn Squash with Chestnuts, Apples and Leeks

Halved acorn squash make perfect single-serving bowls. These make a great vegetarian main course for any winter holiday, but they're also a festive accompaniment to turkey, ham or roast goose.

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Wheat Berry and Squash Salad 

Abby Hocking

Apron guru Ellen Bennett's grain salad is a meal unto itself, combining winter squash, parsnips and wheat berries with kale, pomegranate seeds and feta cheese. It's a festive crowd-pleaser.

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Roast Pork with Acorn Squash Romesco Puree

Olivia Rae James

Romesco, a traditional Catalonian sauce with almonds and red bell pepper, is the inspiration for Mike Lata's squash puree, which does double duty as a side dish and a flavorful sauce for the pork.

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Winter Acorn Squash, Turkey and Mushroom Soup

This winter acorn squash stew is perfect for cooking with all your leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

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Mustard-Stewed Acorn Squash with Chicken

Perfectly warm and comforting, this stewed acorn squash is made with chicken, mustard and other spices.

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Mustar Stewed Acorn Squash

Seasoned ground pork and slow stewed acorn squash is the perfect weeknight meal. Add a side salad and you have a great evening dinner.

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Stewed Acorn Squash with Mushrooms & Chinese Sausage

Savory, earthy and delicious, this tender acorn squash becomes a meal when stewed with hearty mushrooms and Chinese sausage.

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Sweet Soy-Stewed Acorn Squash with Cherry Tomatoes

Simmered acorn squash in a sweet-soy broth brings out the naturally sweet flavor of the squash and makes it fork tender.

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Miso-Stewed Acorn Squash with Bell Peppers

Todd Porter & Diane Cu

Acorn squash becomes perfectly tender and delicious when stewed in a rich miso broth.

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Roasted Acorn Squash with Sage Brown Butter

Warm, fragrant and earthy sage, combined with brown butter, makes this simple roasted acorn squash fabulous and elegant.

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Maple Bacon-Roasted Acorn Squash

Make this acorn squash a meal. With sweet maple syrup and flavored with crisp bacon, it's hard to not eat the whole thing by yourself.

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Cinnamon-Spiced Roasted Acorn Squash

Spiced with fragrant cinnamon and sweetened with brown sugar, this simple acorn squash is the perfect side dish.

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Classic Brown Sugar-Roasted Acorn Squash

Perfectly sweet and easy to make, this classic acorn squash recipe is great for a holiday meal or any time of year.

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Roasted Acorn Squash with Garlic Butter and Burrata

Con Poulos

Chef Dave Beran created this wonderfully indulgent vegetarian dish of roasted sweet squash topped with just-melted burrata. It's fantastic with a lush Chardonnay.

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Acorn Squash and Escarole Salad

Con Poulos

This lovely knife-and-fork salad from Food & Wine’s Justin Chapple gets terrific texture from crunchy hazelnuts and pomegranate seeds, and the creamy buttermilk drizzle perfectly ties all the tasty components together.

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Ginger-Roasted Winter Squash

For winter squash that is crispy on the outside and moist within, Melissa Perello halves each one, roasts it until soft, then cuts it into wedges and roasts it some more.

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Squash and Black-Eyed Pea Coconut Curry 

Eric Wolfinger

In her latest cookbook, Fresh India, Meera Sodha shows us how fast, fresh, and exciting the vegetable dishes of India can be. Here garam masala–roasted acorn squash joins a very lightly simmered coconut curry with fresh tomatoes and black-eyed peas.

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Our 18 Favorite Acorn Squash Recipes

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Healthy Chicken and Roasted Acorn Squash

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Baked Acorn Squash with Chestnuts, Apples and Leeks

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Wheat Berry and Squash Salad

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Roast Pork with Acorn Squash Romesco Puree

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Winter Acorn Squash, Turkey and Mushroom Soup

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Mustard-Stewed Acorn Squash with Chicken

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Mustar Stewed Acorn Squash

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Stewed Acorn Squash with Mushrooms & Chinese Sausage

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Sweet Soy-Stewed Acorn Squash with Cherry Tomatoes

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Miso-Stewed Acorn Squash with Bell Peppers

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Roasted Acorn Squash with Sage Brown Butter

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Maple Bacon-Roasted Acorn Squash

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Cinnamon-Spiced Roasted Acorn Squash

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Classic Brown Sugar-Roasted Acorn Squash

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Roasted Acorn Squash with Garlic Butter and Burrata

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Acorn Squash and Escarole Salad

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Ginger-Roasted Winter Squash

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Squash and Black-Eyed Pea Coconut Curry

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