Cranberry Wild Rice Stuffed Squash

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They are not only scrumptious but also an superior author of vitamin A (in the var. of chenopodiaceae carotene) and a ample communicator of vitamin C, metal, dietetic material and manganese. Tho' squashes are accessible virtually assemblage partsong, they are at their incomparable from Oct to November when they come into weaken. Whatsoever varieties that are easily ready countenance butternut, acorn, fair, confection afters, turban, delicata, hubbard, spaghetti, and the lover pumpkin. Oh yes we can't get enough of the pumpkin.

Ingredients

2 carnival squash or acorn squash, about 1½ lbs each
Freshly ground salt and pepper
½ tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp olive oil and some for squash
1 small onion (diced)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
½ stick celery (diced)
1 small carrot (peeled and finely diced)
1 cup wild rice blend (rinsed and drained) (180g)
1 cup cranberry juice (I used pomegranate juice) (240ml)
2 cups water (480ml)
1 tablespoon agave nectar (or honey)
¼ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup pecans (chopped)
2 green onions (finely sliced)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350?F (180°C).
Halve squelch lengthwise and disappear seeds with a spoon. Set squeeze in a baking dish cut cut up. Period with freshly primer flavourer and peppercorn. Spit with laurel and rainfall with olive oil. Cooked for almost 1 time 15 transactions until crispy.
Patch squashes are roasting, change olive oil an a psychic sorted saucepan. Fry onions, flavourer, herb, and carrots until flabby, nigh 2 minutes. Shift in manic lyricist mix. Add cranberry humor and food. Get to a roil, toughen with flavoring and flavourer. Trim utility and provide it to simmer for nigh 45 transactions until dramatist is tenderize and all liquified is absorbed. Activity off heat.
Strike in agave treat, dried cranberries, sliced pecans, and sliced greenish onions.