Salt and pepper does not count as an ingredient. Just facts of life people. Facts of life.
Biggest annoyance of the day: when I actually take the time to shave my legs and they are no where near as smooth as I’d like them to be.
Second biggest annoyance of the day: zits. Who do you guys think you are!?
OMG. I have contacted the three people who won the Cappello’s Giveaway {CLOSED} and still haven’t heard anything back!! What the. So check your email, even check your spam since I tend to use dirty language, and get to writing me back so you can get free stuff!! Aka Kristen, Beth, and Rebecca. Come on now.
So guess what I did?? After I told you all about my teenage meltdown on Monday stemming from my computer dying, I had a ton of responses telling me to set up a donate pay pal account. So if you ever felt like contributing to my site, you could. So that’s what I did. Well, someone actually helped me do it because I’m a 3 year old child when it comes to anything related to technology. But I now have a contribution button over off to the right. I feel kind of weird having one and I literally don’t expect anyone ever to donate money, but I thought I at least should tell you about it.
Now I feel weird and awkward. I wish you could see my awkward face right now.
Ever wonder if flies really do throw up every time they land? If that’s true, my should is covered in fly vomit. This bastard just won’t leave me alone.
Here is something I don’t totally get. Why is breakfast so hard for people. Because there really is a simple solution to it all. Eat what you ate for dinner. Don’t have any leftovers? That’s cool, make something like eggs and bacon. Can’t eat eggs? That’s fine, make this breakfast stuffed acorn squash but don’t top it with an egg. Free therapy session brought to you by JB. You’re welcome.
I hate when I plug my crockpot in, but forget to turn it on…until I wake up the next morning. Always a bummer throwing away meat. If I don’t have a date and I don’t have a huge slab of short ribs brewing in the crockpot, WHAT DO I HAVE WORTH LIVING FOR?!!? Oh that’s right, pumpkin bars. And the 86% dark chocolate bar I bought yesterday. I’m cool. We’re good. Emergency averted.
5 Ingredient Breakfast Stuffed Acorn Squash
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
- 3/4lb breakfast sausage
- 1 acorn squash, cut in half, seeds removed
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place acorn squash cut-side down onto your baking sheet.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until your acorn squash is soft when you press on the skin.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- While your acorn squash is cooking, add a tablespoon of some kind of fat to a large pan over medium heat (I used bacon fat) then add your minced garlic and diced onion.
- Stir around to keep from burning.
- Once your onions become translucent, add your breakfast sausage to the pan.
- Cook down, breaking up the breakfast sausage as it cooks.
- Once the breakfast sausage is almost all the way cooked through, turn your heat to low and add your inside of your acorn squash. Do this by using a spoon to scoop out the insides, leaving just the skin of the acorn squash. Be careful not the tear the skin!
- Mix the acorn squash and the breakfast sausage together then add it back to your acorn squash skin
- Once both of your acorn squash halves are full, press into the middle with a spoon to breakfast a little resting spot for your egg.
- Crack an egg on top.
- Place back in the oven to cook for 10-15 minutes or until egg-cooked preference.
- Serve!
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More Breakfast Ideas:
Cashew Cheese and Pomegranate Filled Acorn Squash
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I made this this morning with added pineapple and it was all kinds of incredible! You’re a boss.
I just gave this a try and it’s awesome! Even my husband said it was a keeper!
I leave meat out overnight all the time. Unless it smells or tastes bad, I would have no problem using it. If the air is really warm in the kitchen and the meat smells off I might not risk it, but otherwise, if you cook it, it kills all the germs.
Especially if there is any acid in the sauce the meat is sitting in.
I am IN LOVE with this!! …except I precook my egg. To save time, I leave out the onion & garlic & it’s still pretty freakin’ good. =) I didn’t even know what acorn squash was beforehand, & now I call this dish my “healthy corn beef hash.” I’ve had it for two weeks straight & am going into my third. Juli, thank you for sharing great recipes that have helped me transition into a mostly-Paleo diet! You deserve a contribution!!
First week on Paleo (Love it!). Cooked this for the BF and me this morning for brunch – switched in chorizo instead and was SO GOOD! Thank you for sharing.
this took over an hour to make – would rec cooking the squash the night before to cut down time – maybe i just have a crappy oven – but geeze this took forever
sorry I really didnt mean to sound negative on your site — i have made this multiple times now and it is SERIOUSLY delicious — I make a bunch of acorn squash, scoop out the insides, stick that in the fridge – then throw them in the pan with the other stuff– its very quick and awesome — thank you for the recipe.
haha you’re totally fine laurie!! thanks for the feedback!
This was a hearty brunch! My husband and I loved it! YUM!
I’ve made this a couple times now and this time I changed it up a bit, partly on purpose, partly because I wrecked the squash shell after baking.
I love the simplicity of this recipe, but I wanted a little more seasoning this time around, so I sautéed the onions, garlic and sausage with turmeric and thyme. Then after baking my squash and scraping them out, one of the shells basically disintegrated. Oops! What to do? I recalled other similar recipes and rallied.
I mashed the squash with juice from half a lemon, added a little more turmeric, and salt/pepper. Beat 2 eggs with a dash of coconut milk and combined with the squash and sausage mixtures. Placed into an 8×8 casserole and cracked 2 more eggs on top before baking for the fun factor. I baked it until set. Maybe 40 minutes? Yeah it takes a while. But YUM!
This is now my favorite weekend brunch recipe after rowing with my crew. Thanks Juli!
Had this for brunch this morning! Only thing I didn’t care for was the egg baked…next time will cook it separately. Hubby also put it under the broiler for a minute and made the top a little crunchy…it was fantastic. This was so good we will be eating this as part of our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners minus the egg!
Thank you!
This is delicious! I only used half a pound of sausage and it was plenty filling! I also loved how good my house smelled while it was baking. That was just an extra little Paleo perk.