This week's healthy cooking night will include Stuffed Squash and Molten Chocolate Cake. The stuffed squash features acorn squash, roasted acorn squash seeds, lean turkey seasoned with bounty from the garden such as sage and cayenne. A splattering of goat cheese is bound to combine with the filling to fill the kitchen with a most heavenly scent. It's not a quick recipe but that was the tradeoff for not purchasing pre-seasoned turkey sausage. The turkey sausage requires the lean turkey meat and seasonings to marry for 8-24 hours. The squash and seeds will take about an hour of oven time so the cost savings and wholesomeness is paid in the form of time.
I love how my kitchen has returned back to basics in terms of eliminating most processed and convenience food ingredients. The garden herbs definitely save me a great deal of shopping around as well as money. The chocolate cake will be a well-deserved completion of the meal. I kept the entree jam packed with vegetables in order to save the carbohydrate to come in the form of a great dessert. The basic combination of baking chocolate, powdered sugar, eggs (better than organic since they are supplied by my personal urban farm connections), flour and butter yield a special end to the meal. Since the dessert involves a few minutes of assembly and less than 20 minutes of baking it's something that can be done while the guests enjoy the entree portion of the meal. To make a simple dessert truly noteworthy, there will be some fresh whipped cream which will be made all the more decadent by the addition of either Kahlua or amaretto. I'll definitely be posting any recipes that receive the thumbs up from the group.
Healthful eating doesn't have to be boring or expensive.
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