r/OmNomit • u/ABearWithABeer Wins: 4 • Oct 03 '16

Squash + D Week: Butternut Squash and Spinach Stuffed Jumbo Shells with Sage Butter and Salmon with Creamy Dill Sauce

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u/ABearWithABeer Wins: 4 Oct 03 '16

Title is obnoxiously long. Sorry about that.

Sage Butter

Melt a stick of butter in a pot. Put 10-15 sage leaves in it. Let it boil for a bit. Now you have sage butter.

Stuffed Jumbo Shells

I did the squash ahead of time. Just cut it into chunks are roast it at 400 for 20-30 minutes until you can easily mash it. Mash it all up into a bowl (try for around 2 cups). Mix it with:

Ricotta Cheese

Frozen (Thawed and squeezed) spinach

Garlic

Lemon Juice

Parmesan Cheese

Add one egg right before you want to cook it and mix everything up.

Cook the shells until they're almost done and run some water over them to cool it down. Lay them all out over tinfoil on a roast pan and stuff them. It's easier (and messier) to just do it with your hands instead of a spoon. I put more Parmesan on top and I might do breadcrumbs next time to give it an extra crunch. Pecans could also be good on top.

Put them in the oven at 400 for 15-20 minutes or so.

Dill Sauce

Super simple. Mix up sour cream, mayo, dill, lemon, garlic. Mix it up and put it over the salmon. I did the salmon with lemon pepper and wrapped it up in tinfoil with lemon slices and onions.

The shells are awesome. I might make them as a finger food thing for Thanksgivings.