What an amazing and simple recipe this is. A Butternut squash stuffed with Grass-fed ground beef, bacon and onions. Then to “top” it off, caramelized onions in balsamic vinegar and it is heavenly. Hope you enjoy as much as I did, since I ate the whole squash with everything else. So let’s see, that means the Caveman ingested 2 Lbs of squash, 1 Lb of beef, and lots of onions. Yep seems perfectly normal to me, and plus who cares, It tasted good and I ate it. Plus I needed it after the week I had (you’ll see below)
Bacon Beef Butternut Squash
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 butternut squash, cut in half
- 1 pound ground beef
- 6 slices of bacon
- 3 small onions, sliced 1 reserved
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- salt
- pepper
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit
- Cut squash in half and scrape out the seeds
- Place face down in a pyrex dish with 1/2 inch of hot water and cook for 30 minutes
- While its in the oven, cook the bacon in a pan until crispy, set aside and leave the bacon fat in the pan
- Add 2 of the sliced onions and celery to the pan and then add the beef
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and your cinnamon
- Continue stirring until the beef is finished, remove from heat and place in a bowl
- Remove the squash from the oven, when you can handle it scrape out some of the guts, leaving ~1/4 inch of squash, add squash to bowl with meat
- Crumble your bacon and add that to the bowl as well
- Mix well and then stuff your squashes with the beef mixture and place back in the 350 degree oven for 20 minutes
- While your squash are baking, add your reserved onion to your sauté pan and cook them over low heat with your balsamic to caramelize them
- Remove squash from oven, top with caramelized onions and Enjoy
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I made this for dinner last night and when I added the cinnamon to the beef mixture the whole pan turned a slimy consistency. Any thoughts on why this might have happened? The only deviation from the recipe was to precook my squash in the slow cooker. The balsamic caramelized onions were amazing.
This was a hit in our house tonight! I had to cook the squash for an hour (didn’t weigh it when I purchased it), but well worth the wait!
Awesome, I am so glad everyone loved it Candace
This was really good. You used combinations of things I don’t think I would ever think to put together, thanks for expanding our culinary ideas! The whole family liked (hubby, 2 teenagers & toddler). We did agree that for our personal tastes I will use less cinnamon next time, and there will be a next time!
I am glad you all loved it and that you will have it again :)
Just bookmarked this website and will be definitely be trying this and several other recipes! Can’t wait!
Awesome Carolyn, welcome
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This was AMAZING and so simple to prepare. We used two kabocha squash instead of butternut, and subbed the cinnamon out for a little garlic pepper. SCRUMPTIOUS – this will be on regular rotation. thank you!!!
Oh please share, I want to eat it now lol
This recipe is something amazing! Instead of ground beef, I used a sirloin roast that I cooked in the crockpot all day. So, so good.
That sounds awesome Meg, so glad you enjoyed
Made this last week…it was great, but even better the next day!
Oh yes once all the flavors have melded together longer it’s amazing
Made this last night & we all loved it! Actually, every recipe I’ve made so far has been a hit. When my 7 year old (who is a VERY picky eater) loves it…nothing makes me happier! Thanks for sharing so many amazing recipes.
Oh Laura that’s awesome. Thank you for the comment and I hope the young one likes many more
Yum!!
I love this :)
This looks wonderful! Trying to get my husband on the Paleo train (mostly so I don’t feel tempted by the goodies I keep around for him) and I think this recipe will help a ton!
I hope you both love it :)
My 83 y.o. mother enjoyed it so much she wanted it written all out on a recipe card…that says something. :) Btw, I used a 4.5 lb butternut squash from bountifulbaskets.org (all volunteer food co-op) ~ check ‘em out! :D
That just made my night, thank you so much for leaving this comment. I would hug your mother
Made this today with spaghetti squash… This 115lb cavegirl devoured the entire squash, and I’d guess .75lbs of ground beef. Not quite as impressive as your feat, but, y’know, I’m working my way there. ;)
Woohoo go girl. I am proud of all 115lbs of you, keep it up and super glad you liked it :)