Maple Roasted Acorn Squash with Bacon

This Maple Roasted Acorn Squash with Bacon is a quick and easy recipe that is perfect for fall. Perfect for every day or holidays.

This acorn squash is brushed with butter, brown sugar and maple syrup then roasted to perfection. After it’s cooked it’s drizzled with yogurt, bacon bits, and a dash of salt.

This post is sponsored by Gay Lea! I am proud to be a brand ambassador for them. All opinions are my own. Thanks to all the companies, and readers, who help support Cravings of a Lunatic.

Who loves butter?

This girl does! I always keep tons of it on hand for cooking and baking. I mean nothing gives recipes flavour quite like butter. It’s a classic ingredient for a reason.

Who loves fall?

If I’m being honest, this girl prefers summer. I’m a warm weather kinda gal. I do like fall though. I’m just not fanatical about it like some people.

This gal does enjoy fall weather for cooking and baking though. I do enjoy being able to have the oven on all the live long day without sweating to death.

I can slather butter on everything and my house stays cool until spring. Not such a bad thing. In fact, it’s quite a great thing. Fall produce rocks.

Fall is harvest season. It’s the time of year where farmers markets and farm stands are overflowing with amazing produce. Fall vegetables are perfect for roasting. With butter. Lots of butter!

I used Gay Lea Salted Butter for this recipe. Gay Lea is a Canadian dairy company owned by dairy farmers. Pretty cool, am I right? It’s a co-operative. I dig that.

Born on the Farm is an idea I can wrap my head around. Wholesome ingredients and quality products make Gay Lea a family favourite.

Now is the perfect time to combine dairy with fall produce. Cooler weather calls for long drives through the county and stopping at all the local farm stands.

Every year my daughter and I go on long drives on Friday afternoons. We drive to Point Pelee and spend the day hiking and wandering around the point.

After we’re done we grab lunch at one of the restaurants by Point Pelee. More often than not, we stop at the one and only food court in the area.

Once our bellies are full, we take the long way home as we check out all the local farm stands. Fruit and vegetable stands are huge in our area.

Some are small with specific produce they love. Others are massive with loads of variety. Leamington is known for their tomatoes. I swear they have the best in the world.

Essex County has an amazing array of produce during fall. We love picking up pumpkins and squash. Acorn squash is my favourite. It’s so easy to prepare and cook.

For this recipe I kept things simple. I mixed Gay Lea Salted Butter with brown sugar and maple syrup. I brushed that over the squash and baked it. Easy peasy.

Once it was cooked I drizzled vanilla yogurt over top, then tossed some bacon bits over the squash, and sprinkled it with salt. Seriously, so easy!

This is a fall favourite. Roasted acorn squash with bacon, it’s delightful and packed with flavour. You need to try this recipe immediately.

Other Fabulous Fall Recipes:

• Brown Butter Garlic Parmesan Pasta
• Pumpkin Pie Spice Dip
• How to Cook a Spatchcock Turkey
• Cinnamon Apple Pecan Caramel Sticky Buns
• Easy Apple Sangria
• Balsamic Baby Roasted Carrots
• Cranberry Sangria
• Slow Cooker Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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Disclosure: I am part of the PTPA Brand Ambassador Program with Gay Lea and I received Compensation as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

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