Stuffed Acorn Squash

I am experimenting much more with cooking than I ever have before.  Especially since I have all the cool cooking gadgets that we received for wedding gifts.  I am getting much more comfortable using spices and such.  This weekend I bought an acorn squash to experiment with and it turned out great!  This is one of my new favorites for sure!  We had ground beef already in the fridge but I would love to try it sometime with ground turkey. And like I said, I am still experimenting with spices so I stayed a little reserved by adding a pinch of a bunch of different spices...maybe it would be even more delicious if I used more?!?!

Stuffed Acorn Squash:

1 acorn squash halved lengthwise & seeded

salt and pepper

1/2 lb. lean ground beef (or ground turkey)

1 onion, chopped

1 garlic clove, minced

shredded cheddar cheese

pinch of celery salt

pinch of sage

pinch of rosemary

3 pinches of chili powder

pinch of cumin

2 cups of cous cous (we used Near East chicken and herb cous cous)

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees

2. Sprinkle squash with salt and pepper and place in a baking dish flesh side down and wrap with dish with plastic wrap

3. Microwave squash 10-15 minutes

4. Start cooking for cous cous as directed on package

5. While squash is in microwave, cook the beef on medium high adding in the onions and garlic and add the celery salt, sage, rosemary, chili powder, and cumin.

6. Mix cheese to the meat mixture and with some cous cous stuff the sqaush

7. Bake for 15-20 minutes

Enjoy!