Pork Chops with Roasted Acorn Squash

Pork Chops with Roasted Acorn Squash 

 

 

What’s for dinner you ask?  Tonight on the menu, we are having delicious pork chops with roasted acorn squash.  I have been hooked on acorn squash and most of the time I bake it by filling the cavity with brown sugar and butter.  Here are two different recipes I previously made: Baked Acorn Squash and Acorn Squash Filled with Quinoa.

 

My recipe for dinner will be for pork chops and roasted acorn squash with candied walnut butter. I started by cutting the squash in half lengthwise and scooping out the seeds and strings.  Next I cut the squash in 1/2″ slices and spread a small amount of olive oil in the bottom of a baking sheet then arrange the squash in a single layer. Drizzle olive oil over the squash and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.  I roasted this for about 20 minutes at 425 degrees.   The last 5 minutes of roasting, I sprinkled more Parmesan cheese over the squash and put under the broiler.  Does this smell good!

While the squash was roasting, I prepared the candied walnut butter by added 1 ounce of brown sugar with 2 tablespoons of water over medium high heat, stirring to dissolve then add 1 ounce of small pieces of walnuts. Stir the mixture constantly until the water/sugar mixture has evaporated, about 3 minutes. The walnuts will be sticky as you transfer them to a plate to cool for about 5 minutes.  In a small pan or bowl, stir 2 tablespoons of softened butter with the candied walnuts and stir until all blended.  You can add some parsley if desired.

Cooking the pork chops are easy, just add a small amount of olive oil and the pork chops to a fry pan and cook until well-browned, about 5  minutes per side.

 

In about 30 minutes from prep to completion, the acorn squash was ready, the pork chops were ready and topped with the candied walnut butter, the kitchen smelled so good, the meal looked very appetizing and it was so delicious!

 

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Martha DeMeo

I started my blog on Christmas Day 2014 mainly to review products I received. Since then it has evolved into many other categories of lifestyles, family, money saving ideas, low cost, delicious and healthy meals plus other surprise posts. My granddaughter has her own category, Alex's Articles and the latest addition to my blog is my great granddaughter now has her category, Lia's Likings The Baby Blogger! Lia started blogger at 8 months old and she now has a Friday Story Time blog you won't want to miss! I welcome you to join the conversation, ask a question, give a suggestion or leave a comment on any blog post. I hope you enjoy Lia's Likings, she has some great posts that will make you smile!

8 Discussion to this post

  1. Sandy KS says:

    I love acorn squash and pork chops. I haven’t had a pork chop in a very long time. My boyfriend is allergic. I don’t eat pork unless I eat out.

  2. Brenda says:

    I love all of the different ways that you prepare squash. They all look good.

    • Martha says:

      Thanks Brenda, I’ve just recently started on the acorn squash and love the different ways I’ve come up with so far. Think I’ll try butternut next time. Thanks for stopping by.

  3. I love acorn squash – thank you for sharing!

  4. Alana says:

    I love winter squash – it is zero points on Weight Watchers. So nutritious. Although this would be more caloric, the thought of candied walnut butter sounds so good. Pinned!

    • Martha says:

      Well we have to have a little treat now and then Alana. Actually there isn’t that much sugar and butter in the topping but it is oh so good! I love squash too and have saved the seeds for planting in the spring. Thanks for stopping by.

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