SPINACH STUFFED SQUASH

from Tracy Byrd

Recipe

Ingredients:	4 yellow crookneck squash ½ cup melted butter salt and pepper grated parmesan cheese 1½ cups chopped onion 2 10-ounce packages frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup sour cream 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar ¼ cup bread crumbs

Directions:	Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 1. Cook whole squash in boiling salted water for about 10 minutes, or until tender. 2. Drain squash and cool slightly, then cut into halves top to bottom (tip to stem). Scoop out seeds, making a little boat. 3. Brush each shell with some of the melted butter, and then sprinkle with salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese. 4. For the stuffing, sauté the onion in most of the remaining butter until tender. 5. Add spinach, 1 teaspoon salt, sour cream, and vinegar then blend well. Stuff each squash “boat” with the spinach mixture. 6. Sprinkle each with more parmesan cheese and the bread crumbs, and then drizzle on the remaining melted butter. Place in a shallow baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.

Ingredients:

4 yellow crookneck squash
½ cup melted butter
salt and pepper
grated parmesan cheese
1½ cups chopped onion
2 10-ounce packages frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
¼ cup bread crumbs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1. Cook whole squash in boiling salted water for about 10 minutes, or until tender.

2. Drain squash and cool slightly, then cut into halves top to bottom (tip to stem). Scoop out seeds, making a little boat.

3. Brush each shell with some of the melted butter, and then sprinkle with salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese.

4. For the stuffing, sauté the onion in most of the remaining butter until tender.

5. Add spinach, 1 teaspoon salt, sour cream, and vinegar then blend well. Stuff each squash “boat” with the spinach mixture.

6. Sprinkle each with more parmesan cheese and the bread crumbs, and then drizzle on the remaining melted butter. Place in a shallow baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.