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Joe and I have to struggle to eat healthy, low calorie foods. We’ve tried (and failed at) several diets in the five years we’ve known each other, but this is a recipe has stuck with us since the first one.
Joe found something like this recipe in a cookbook that his mom had many years ago. The original recipe was for sandwiches. We doctored it to lower the calories and for our personal taste. Then, one day, we made the Sloppy Joes, but realized (too late) that we didn’t have any bread. Joe said, “Why can’t we stuff it in this squash?” I was dubious, but let him do it. It’s awesome! The combination of the tomato sauce and the sweet squash is wonderful.
This recipe is low fat and low calorie, slightly spicy, and filling. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, pressed
- 2 cups of black beans (or a 15 oz. can)
- 15 oz can of diced tomatoes with green chilies
- 8 oz tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon horseradish mustard
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3 acorn squash
- Pierce acorn squash with a knife. Microwave each squash for 9 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- Preheat a large skillet on medium. When hot, add ground turkey, onion, and garlic. Cover and heat until turkey is browned and vegetables are tender.
- Stir in remaining ingredients. Simmer, uncovered, for at least 10 minutes.
- While Sloppy Joe mixture simmers, cut the squash in half and remove seeds.
- When Sloppy Joe mixture is thickened, spoon it into the well in the squash halves and serve.
*You probably have noticed that I don’t usually post recipes on the weekend. I’m posting this as part of The Secret is in the Sauce! Recipes’ Great SITS Recipe Contest. Are you a foodie? Go check it out! But don’t enter, because that will decrease my chance of winning. ha! Just kidding. Find your best recipe and go enter. (No, not really, don’t.)
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AWESOME! You are entered in the Recipe Contest!
AWESOME! You are entered in the Recipe Contest!
This sounds pretty good. Unfortunatley, my kids would never touch it!
I’m tagging you for a meme…please come by and participate!
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This sounds pretty good. Unfortunatley, my kids would never touch it!I’m tagging you for a meme…please come by and participate!http://mamamulla.blogspot.com
YUMMY!!! I love ground turkey…I will definatly be trying this recipe…THANKS!
YUMMY!!! I love ground turkey…I will definatly be trying this recipe…THANKS!
I tagged you!! Check out my blog!
I tagged you!! Check out my blog!
That looks so awesome! I love acorn squash, this would definitely be fun to make.
That looks so awesome! I love acorn squash, this would definitely be fun to make.
This looks good! And good luck with the contest! I hope you win!(Can I share the prize?
just kidding)
My Blog: Cute Tee
This looks good! And good luck with the contest! I hope you win!(Can I share the prize?
just kidding)My Blog: Cute Tee
Very yummy!!
Very yummy!!
This sounds great, although I’d have to find a sub for the black beans. Beans with sulphur trigger migraines for me, isn’t that crazy?
Good luck with the contest! This is definitely a winner!
This sounds great, although I’d have to find a sub for the black beans. Beans with sulphur trigger migraines for me, isn’t that crazy? Good luck with the contest! This is definitely a winner!
You made the semi-finals! Good luck with the voting!
You made the semi-finals! Good luck with the voting!
I voted for you and, in all honesty, it sounds the best to me. ‘we eat pretty clean, and most of the other recipes would never touch my table, yummy as they may sound! Best wishes!
I voted for you and, in all honesty, it sounds the best to me. ‘we eat pretty clean, and most of the other recipes would never touch my table, yummy as they may sound! Best wishes!
I am going to have to try this one!! My hubby had a heart attack last year in July. So we had to change our eating habits… this will probably be a really good one for his diet. I will let you know how that works.
Good luck in contest.
http://whatscookninjunk.blogspot.com/
I am going to have to try this one!! My hubby had a heart attack last year in July. So we had to change our eating habits… this will probably be a really good one for his diet. I will let you know how that works. Good luck in contest.http://whatscookninjunk.blogspot.com/
This sounds AMAZING! I can imagine the squash combining tastefully & tenderly with the sauce. Can't wait to try this & steal other recipes!! I had no idea what passion you hold for writing!
This sounds AMAZING! I can imagine the squash combining tastefully & tenderly with the sauce. Can't wait to try this & steal other recipes!! I had no idea what passion you hold for writing!
I think Tara’s recipe is a very clever one!
I think Tara’s recipe is a very clever one!
Sounds so good I want to grow Acorn Squash now, but I don’t think I’ll have the room with everything else I’m growing this year. What size of Acorn Squash do you use that you can microwave them? The smaller ones probably right?
Sounds so good I want to grow Acorn Squash now, but I don’t think I’ll have the room with everything else I’m growing this year. What size of Acorn Squash do you use that you can microwave them? The smaller ones probably right?