Ingredients
- 1 Small to Medium Sized Butternut Squash
- Your favorite fat {I used Bacon fat + Butter {cause it’s amazing that’s why!}}
- 1 Medium onion, finely diced
- 6 oz of mushrooms, cleaned and chopped into bite sized pieces
- 1lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 Medium to large Apple {depending how much you like apple}, cut into bite sized pieces
- Salt + Pepper
- Dried or Fresh Rosemary, about 2-3 tsp.
- 1-2 tsp. Dried or Fresh Basil
- 2 tsp. Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 tsp. Dried Thyme
- 5 Breakfast-Link Sized Sausages, Cooked and cut into bite sized pieces
- {I used Applegate Farms Chicken Apple Sausages!}
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 {F}
- Chop the ends off of your butternut squash and split it long ways down the middle. Then scoop out the guts and seeds of the bottom half {if you’re in the mood, you can save the seeds and roast them up for snack time this week!}
- Place them both halves face down { skin side up} in a shallow baking dish {that has sides} and filling it to about a 1/4-1/2 inch of water in the pan. Place it in the oven and bake for 30-45 minutes until the side that’s facing down is roasted and fork tender in the middle!
- Filling: While that’s all getting yummy, make your filling!
- Heat a big skillet with your fat of choice and add in your onions and mushrooms, you know the drill — let them hang out and start to soften. While that’s happening chop up your apples.
- Add in your apples and then chop up your chicken and add that in. Let it all cook.
- When it’s almost done add in your spices, apple cider vinegar, salt + pepper and sausages. I also at this point added in more butter, because well …. everything taste better with more butter!
- Let it finish cooking, taste test and adjust seasoning as needed.
- If it finishes before the BSquash, just turn off the stove and let it sit on the back burner.
Notes
This filled two halves with leftover filling — my butternut squash was a medium-small sized one, but if you use a really big one you might need to make extra filling!!