Veggie Stuffed Squash And Sweet Potatoes With Mozzarella

Try this cheesy, healthy dinner that tastes as good as it looks! Use any veggies on hand! Serve with salsa if you please!

• Ingredients

  
  • 2 Red Bell Peppers Diced small
  • 1/2c Matchstick Carrots
  • 3-4 Green Onions Sliced 1/2 Inch pieces
  • 2 Sweet Potatoes cut
  • 1 Tomato Diced
  • 1 Squash, Spaghetti, Acorn, or Butternut-Halved with seed/strings removed
  • 1 Jalapeno Diced very small
  • 1tbsp Minced Garlic (from jar)
  • Olive Oil
  • Salt Pepper
  • Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning
  • Mrs. Dash
  • 1cup Mozzarella Cheese (or any type desired) shredded

• Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Drizzle olive oil and dash Cajun seasoning and pepper on cut sides of squash and sweet potatoes. Place cut side down on cookie sheet and cook for 20 minutes or until squash becomes translucent and potato is easy to pierce with fork with little to no resistance.
  3. Dice up Tomato, Red Bell Peppers, Green Onion, and Jalapeno, set aside.
  4. Heat pan and add tbsp of olive oil. Add 1 tbsp minced garlic, spread around. Add 1/2c matchstick carrots, cook on high for 3 mins or so. Add Red Bell Peppers and Jalapeno and Green Onion. Cook on med high for 5 minutes or until carrots are soft enough to eat without crunching. Add Cajun seasoning, Mrs. Dash, and more olive oil to taste. Remove from heat.
  5. Remove sweet potatoes and squash from oven. Scoop out some of the potato being careful to leave a boat shape to put your filling back into. Add scooped out potato to veggie mix and stir. If you need more space in squash, do the same there. Mix in 1/4c cheese to veggie mix, 1/8c cheese on squash and potato boats, then fill boats with filling, evenly distributing mix between the 4. Cover with remaining cheese and bake for 5 more minutes to melt cheese and brown more.
  6. Serve once cooled a little bit.

• Use any veggies on their way to spoilsville! A budget friendly recipe!

• Serves - 4                  Cook Time- 25 minutes                Total Time- 30 minutes                Prep Time- 5 minutes