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Farro and Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

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This simple savory sausage stuffed acorn squash is easy to make and filled with the wonderful flavors of Fall. The stuffing is made with farro, chicken sausage, mushrooms, celery, onions and sage – you’ll love this!

This simple savory sausage stuffed acorn squash is easy to make and filled with the wonderful flavors of Fall. The stuffing is made with farro, chicken sausage, mushrooms, celery, onions and sage – you'll love this!Farro and Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

I love roasted acorn squash, it’s the perfect edible bowl you can fill with whatever you can dream up! This Turkey Chili Stuffed Acorn Squash is a great example! Here I used chicken sausage and farro, brown rice would also work great.

And it’s so easy, simply halve and hollow out acorn squash, then season with salt and roast in the oven. Nothing like warming up the kitchen on a blistery night with baked squash in the oven. While that bakes make the stuffing on the stove, then when the squash is ready fill it with the stuffing and serve – the results are a soft, flavorful squash filled with savory goodness!

How To Make Stuffed Acorn Squash

This simple savory sausage stuffed acorn squash is easy to make and filled with the wonderful flavors of Fall. The stuffing is made with farro, chicken sausage, mushrooms, celery, onions and sage – you'll love this!

This stuffing is an adaptation of this brown rice and sausage stuffing, one of my favorites, which you could of course use instead of farro. I’ve also made it with barley and it was wonderful.

Farro is a delicious ancient grain, it’s chewy, nutty texture which holds up perfectly in this stuffing, but farro does contain gluten so if you want to make this gluten-free, swap it out for brown rice. Makes a great weeknight meal or a nice addition to your Thanksgiving table. Simply eat with a spoon to scoop out all the wonderful squash with the stuffing in every bite – enjoy!

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Farro and Sausage Stuffed Roasted Acorn Squash

5 from 6 votes
5
Cals:213
Protein:10
Carbs:37
Fat:5
This simple savory sausage stuffed acorn squash is easy to make and filled with the wonderful flavors of Fall. The stuffing is made with farro, chicken sausage, mushrooms, celery, onions and sage – you'll love this!
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
This simple savory stuffed acorn squash is easy to make and filled with the wonderful flavors of Fall. The stuffing is made with farro, chicken sausage, mushrooms, celery, onions and sage – you'll love this!
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 10 minutes
Yield: 6 servings
Serving Size: 1 /2 squash & 1/2 cup stuffing

Ingredients

  • 3 acorn squash, cut in half, seeds and fibers removed
  • olive oil spray, I used my mister
  • salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup uncooked pearled farro, rinsed and drained
  • 1 1/2 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
  • 2 links raw sweet Italian chicken sausage
  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 large white onion, chopped
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped
  • 4 oz sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 2 sage leaves, chopped
  • parsley, for garnish

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Mist the cut side of squash with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place in a baking dish and add 1/4 cup water to the bottom of the pan.
  • Cover and bake 50 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool before serving.
  • Meanwhile, cook farro in chicken broth according to package directions.
  • While the farro is cooking, in a large saute pan cook chicken sausage on medium heat, breaking up the meat into small pieces as it cooks until the sausage is cooked through and is browned. Set aside on a dish.
  • Add olive oil to the pan and add the onion, sauté 1 minute, add the celery, salt and pepper to taste; cook until celery is soft, about 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Add the mushrooms and sage to the pan, more salt and pepper if needed and cook, stirring 5 minutes, then cook covered for 2 minutes, or until the mushrooms have released their juice and are cooked through. Return the cooled sausage and the cooked farro to the sauté pan and mix well.
  • Divide the farro stuffing evenly between the roasted acorn squash, garnish with parsley and serve.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1 /2 squash & 1/2 cup stuffing, Calories: 213 kcal, Carbohydrates: 37 g, Protein: 10 g, Fat: 5 g, Saturated Fat: 0.5 g, Sodium: 272 mg, Fiber: 6 g

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82 comments on “Farro and Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash”

  1. This was delicious! Perfect for when you’re still craving some thanksgiving flavors. A few fun tweaks I made: 1) I drizzled the roasted squash halves with some hot honey before stuffing, 2) I put about 3/4 cup of the stuffing through a blender and mixed it back in to make the mixture a bit creamier, and 3) I topped the stuffed halves with some shredded gruyère! So good!

  2. I made this last night, and we loved it! INCLUDING the teenager! I took a clue from other comments and added half a chopped Granny Smith apple to the onions and celery.  I also added fresh thyme with the sage.  I’ll be making this many more times this fall. It is delicious and filling, and the points are perfect for me.  My teen enjoyed a little melted cheese on top of hers.  

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    Rebecca Silva

    No mushrooms fans in our house. What do you think would be a good substitute? Match stick carrots? Asparagus? Chopped beets? Need a filler I’m the stuffing. Thanks for any ideas…

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    MaryJane Wilkins

    Just finished making the stuffing and omg it’s delicious!  I can just imagine how good it will be with the squash. The only change I made was to use turkey sausage because it was what I had on hand. I will definitely make this again!  

  5. What about placing the stuffed squashes back into the oven for awhile? Should I lessen the baking time beforehand? Would a short period at high temperature be preferable to a longer time at 350 degrees?

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      1. I used 1 tsp of poultry seasoning, in place of the sage. It’s a great recipe. Thanks!

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    Frances Ramsey

    This is one of my all-time skinnytaste favorites! My husband is a vegetarian so I make 2 versions of this, one with a vegetarian italian sausage. He loves it! I also use vegetable broth and quinoa instead of the Farro. It is a perfect fall/winter dish, an amazing comfort food. It makes really good leftovers too!

  11. This recipe was a winner! We used chicken apple sausage instead, perfect for us. My leftovers for lunch we're even better. Great salty/sweet combo. I look forward to every new post, thanks!

  12. I just made this and it was awesome, I didn't have any sage or parsley so I add about a cup of baby spinach at the end when you mix farro in with sautéed veggies and I added some grated parmesan cheese after that.

  13. I finally made this last night. It was delicious. My kids ate it and even my picky husband. Next time though I believe I will scoop the squash out and just mix it with the stuffing. The stuffed squash made a beautiful presentation, but unstuffed was easier to eat. 🙂 Thank you for all your recipes!

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    Kathleen in NH

    I tweaked the recipe ever so slightly by substituting apple chicken sausage for the sweet italian. OMGoodness it is sooo yummy!! Thank you for all the wonderful recipes – I have tried so many and loved them all 🙂

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    Tami in RUidoso

    I didn't read all the reviews, so this may already have been said…Freekeh is a low-gluten green wheat and could be used here. Similar to Farro and Barley, with a nutty chew. I have to acorns in the bin now, and all the other ingredients laying around too…just have to decide between the Farro, Freekeh or Barley! THanks!

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    Anna Dawson@Diet Doctors Online

    There is NOTHING like roasted squash. It’s like God gave it to us with the intention to roast it and would have slapped us upside the head if we hadn’t figured that out. Because really, raw squash is pretty nasty.

    Love the color in the photos!

  17. gina, this is SO tasty. my husband and I loved the salty sweetness of the stuffing and the acorn squash! MANY THANKS for your ridiculously tasty beautiful healthy recipes and pictures!

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    cawaliss arab

    These look perfect :p

    chek to my recipe and giv mi the opinione

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-GLSJTuKyA

  19. Made this Saturday, it was delicious! I absolutely love farro and have been trying to find more ways to use it! Thanks for a great recipe!

  20. If I made this for thanksgiving, and made the stuffing the morning of – should I 're-fresh' the stuffing with a little chicken broth? Any other suggestions to make it feel like it came right out of the kitchen?

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      Skinnytaste Gina

      You can make the stuffing the night before, then roast the squash the day of and heat the stuffing when ready.

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    Adriana Morales

    I am constantly looking at the blog for new recipes especially since now I am vegetarian and you sure know how to use your veggies in such a delicious manner. I am making this dish without the sausage for a pot luck next weekend. It's going to be a hit 🙂

  22. Gina, another amazing recipe! You always get me to try new stuff (like quinoa…use it all the time now). I tried to find farro, but my grocery store didn't carry it. So, I sub'd brown rice. Also, it was the first time I had ever cooked acorn squash. Oh my…it was so yummy with the dressing. We will definitely be making this many more times. I have been following you for several years, and make your recipes regularly. Thank you and God bless!!

  23. This looks so delicious!! Do you think it would ruin the taste if I left out the mushrooms? I hate the texture of mushrooms so I try to leave them out whenever possible!
    PS – I love all your recipes – they're the only healthy ones my husband doesn't get nervous about when I tell him I'm making them for dinner! I made your butternut squash lasagna recipe recently and right after he ate it he told me he was really nervous about it but ended up really liking it!

  24. What a gorgeous dish! This has all of my favorite fall flavors in it, too. Thanks for giving me another chance top Pin! 🙂

  25. These look so good they almost look fake! I'm going to veganize with veggie sausage, Field Roast has a few varieties that are all awesome. I think the Apple Sage would go great with this. I really like the quinoa suggestion in an earlier comment too, I'm a sucker for quinoa. Can't wait to try it!

  26. This looks so good! I just walked to work in a 9F windchill and and frozen. Something warm and winter-y sounds like just thing tonight! Thank you!

  27. Do you think quinoa would work in place of the farro? I have everything here to make this, except that. My husband doesn't like brown rice.

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    Happiness at Mid Life

    I have acorn squash from my CSA box and just bought some farro & mushroom – I know what I will be having dinner soon 🙂 Can't wait to make this!

    Alice
    www.happinessatmidlife.com

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    katherine is love

    This looks SO good. I have acorn squash in my garage, I am thinking I will go to the store this weekend to get the ingredients to make that delicious looking stuffing. I have never had farro, but I am all about nutty, delicious grains so I think I will love it. I've also never had chicken sausage…I guess I need to live a little. Can't wait to try this. I LOVE your site.

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    Ang @ Nutty for Life

    I just bought an acorn squash and have some sausage in the fridge, so I literally just google searched for a recipe like this one before opening my reader! What perfect timing 🙂

    1. Would you wrap and store the cooked squash and the stuffing separately, and then assemble and reheat the whole thing in the microwave? It's just me, and I'd like to adjust to make just two servings, with leftovers for the lunch the next day.

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    Janice Johnson

    This looks really fancy!! I love all your recipes because they make me look like quiet the chef!! 🙂 <3 I can't wait to try this!

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    Amanda Briggs

    I can't wait to try this! I'm going to sprinkle goat cheese on top to replicate a similar dish I had in a restaurant years ago – yum!!

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    Brenda Miller

    I'm not a big fan of squash, do you know the calorie count of the farro & sausage stuffing by itself?

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    Brittany Reader

    I was just going to e-mail you about making a stuffed acorn squash recipe, you read my mind! I'm making this today!