Build up Autumn’s greatest gift with a rosemary infused sausage, couscous, and wild mushroom filling. I take roasted butternut squash to the next level with this recipe below…
Maybe I’m a bit retro with this title, but I was fortunate enough to be victim to oldies music on a consistent basis growing up. As I considered an appropriate caption for the concocted meal tonight, this song chimed through my head. I guess I’m a bit of an oldie myself living in a young woman’s body. I have often been quoted using phrases such as, “I’m so jazzed to go to that function tonight!” Hence the underlined words. In reality, not many 26 year olds are just as excited about the new kitchen tool as they are for the new addition to the wardrobe. Who honestly sips sherry or an aged scotch after a meal? Me and my husband do! With that said, I hope that you (readers) do appreciate that I cook and domesticate myself more often than my peers at this age. Tonight’s menu includes a stuffed butternut squash with wild mushrooms, sausage, and couscous. Get your hearty glass of wine or stout brew out and enjoy this Fall feast. I literally “built up” this butternut on a spontaneous basis.
Built Up Butternut Squash Stuffed with Sausage and Mushrooms – serves 2-3
- 1 large butternut squash sliced down the middle
- 1/4 cup olive oil for basting, sauté, and moisture
- 1 1/2 cups dry couscous
- 1 1/2 cups good chicken stock
- 3 hot Italian sausage links, casings removed
- 2 cups wild mushrooms
- 2 tsps fresh rosemary
- 1 shallot minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
- pinch of nutmeg and salt
- optional- pinch of truffle oil
- optional- goat or feta crumbles on top
Build Me Up Buttercup is inspired
I love it and cracked up
Love you
Dad
Kristin,
. The dish sounds awesome. Cindy makes a fabulous butternut squash soup so I am going to send this to her. I decided to try the vegan plant food based lifestyle May 1st after reading the Engine2Diet book and reading about how Bill Clinton had reversed his heart disease and has been able to control his weight. I felt like I was coming out of the closet when I told S Berg and Bruce I was going to go vegan 
, too funny. But like Steve has told me, he can hardly pick the paper up these days without reading something about a plant food based diet. Your recipe can be easily converted to vegan for my use. On my journey I have discovered some fabulous new foods. Cindy and I had a vegan banana chocolate strudel with peanut ice cream tonight for dessert at a resurant in Newport Beach which was out of this world, so it has become a fun adventure. And I have lost some weight but eating very well, something I could not seem to find the formula to in the past. Talk to you soon, really enjoyed the article.
Build me up Buttercup, very clever!! Always loved that song. Hard to believe you kids know those very old songs. I use to listen to that on my way to high school
Too funny… “coming out of the closet”. So glad you enjoyed, I will hopefully keep your taste buds enthused this Fall with more recipes. Thanks for reading