Bacon Beef Butternut Squash

Bacon Beef Butternut Squash

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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

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit
2. Cut squash in half and scrape out the seeds
3. Place face down in a pyrex dish with 1/2 inch of hot water and cook for 30 minutes
4. While its in the oven, cook the bacon in a pan until crispy, set aside and leave the bacon fat in the pan
5. Add 2 of the sliced onions and celery to the pan and then add the beef
6. Season with salt and pepper to taste and your cinnamon
7. Continue stirring until the beef is finished, remove from heat and place in a bowl
8. 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
9. Crumble your bacon and add that to the bowl as well
10. Mix well and then stuff your squashes with the beef mixture and place back in the 350 degree oven for 20 minutes
11. 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
12. Remove squash from oven, top with caramelized onions and Enjoy