Description
Fall means cool nights, and warm meals. Roasted squash and aromatic veggies are the perfect Fall meal. Its filing, tasty, and super impressive looking.
Scale
Ingredients
- 4 Banana Squash bases, cleaned and trimmed
- 2 Lbs Ground Turkey
- 6T EVOO
- 2T Butter
- 3 Large Leeks, diced
- 1 Medium sized zucchini, diced
- 3 Medium Carrots, diced
- 1 Small Yellow Onion, diced
- 3 Garlic cloves, minced
- 8 Slices Muenster Cheese
- S&P to taste
- 1/2C Chicken Stock
- 1T Parsley
Instructions
- Set smoker to “smoke” with the lid open about 5 minutes.
- Turn the heat up to (400F) (you can totally do this in your oven too)
- While the smoker preheats, brush each squash with evoo and a generous amount of S&P
- Place the Squash on a baking sheet and smoke them for about 35 minutes, until golden, and tender when pierced with a fork.
- While the squash is cooking, brown Turkey in a deep pot. Drain, and set aside.
- In the same pan heat 2T oil, and 2T Butter. Cook the leeks, onions, and carrots about 10 minutes, until aromatic and the onions are transparent. Add the chicken Stock.
- Add the zucchini, garlic, turkey, and S&P and cook an additional 2-3 minutes.
- Fill each Squash 1/2 way full. Layer a sliced cheese, and fill the rest of the way. Cover with more cheese. Can you ever have enough cheese?
- Cook until cheese is just melted ( you could use a broiler for this too)
- Remove from onion and sprinkle with parsley.
- Serve right away!