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Leftover Stuffing Stuffed Butternut Squash

Published: Nov 29, 2019 · Modified: Apr 5, 2020 by Sandi Gaertner · 40 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

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This Leftover Stuffing Gluten Free Stuffed Butternut Squash recipe is a great way to use up those leftovers. Add leftover turkey too and make this a delicious meal!

If your refrigerator looks like mine the day after Thanksgiving, you are looking at a lot of leftovers.

Roasted butternut squash halves stuffed with leftover stuffing and turkey
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 What to do with Leftover Stuffing

Every year we have so many leftovers after Thanksgiving. Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy...but NEVER stuffing. Gluten free stuffing goes fast in this house! This year I made a triple batch, and that was more than enough!

Try my homemade Gluten Free Stuffing recipe in this recipe! Super yum!!

I had two containers in my refrigerator packed full! Time to make something up! I needed some leftover stuffing ideas quick! Have you ever made eggs and just tossed in a bunch of ingredients into the pan?

This is sort of what happened with this recipe. It all started with a beautiful butternut squash from our local farmer's market. I had wanted to tie this butternut squash with my leftovers.

If you haven't read all about my local farmer's market in other posts, you can read more about it in this recipe for ground pork lettuce wraps.

The top view of two halves of roasted butternut squash stuffed with leftover stuffing and turkey

This leftover Thanksgiving stuffing recipe is so easy to make!

two halves of butternut squash

I sliced the butternut squash in half. Scoop out the seeds and roast it partway. Next, add some stuffing, leftover turkey, mushrooms, pecans, etc. You can add anything, even cranberries!

Ways to Cook Butternut Squash:

  • In this recipe, I roasted the butternut squash in my oven.
  • If you are in a hurry, you can microwave the butternut squash to quickly get it ready to stuff. Place the de-seeded butternut squash halves face down in a microwave-safe dish. Cook for 8 minutes.

The stuffing is full of leftover turkey, stuffing, mushrooms, pecans, and mozzarella cheese. The flavors bake in wonderfully with the butternut squash.

Can you make this recipe dairy-free?

To keep this recipe dairy-free, just use Daiya or a cheese substitute!

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More Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes:

If you have leftover mashed potatoes, you MUST give this Potato Bacon Rose Mashed Potato Pie a try!!

This easy leftover turkey white chili soup is a great way to use leftover turkey! Fire-roasted hatch chiles make this hard to resist if you love spicy!

Side view of a half of roasted butternut squash filled with stuffing and turkey

What will you toss your leftover stuffing into?

Recipe

Stuffed Butternut Squash

Sandi Gaertner
Gluten Free Stuffed Butternut Squash uses your Thanksgiving leftovers to make the perfect dish.
5 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Meal Recipes
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 314 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 butternut squash roasted
  • ½ cup gluten free stuffing
  • 4 mushrooms sliced
  • ½ cup leftover turkey chopped
  • 2 tablespoons onion diced
  • ¼ cup pecans optional
  • ¼ cup diced persimmon

Optional:

  • ⅓ cup cheddar cheese You can also use parmesan

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Slice a butternut squash in half lengthwise and remove the seeds.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes to partially cook. (I used my toaster oven so it took about 15 minutes. It may take longer in a larger oven.)
  • In a large bowl, add all stuffing ingredients.
  • Remove squash from oven and fill holes with stuffing.
  • Bake another 15 minutes until vegetables cook and cheese melts.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 11gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 186mgFiber: 4gSugar: 9g
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  1. Susan Alston-Richardson

    November 26, 2022 at 5:31 pm

    Your recipe has all the right ingredients but none of the right cooking instructions. Cook the squash as you would to eat it as a side dish. In other words cut in half , scoop out the seeds and cook covered with a little water in the oven for at least 45 minutes. Then put all your mixed ingredients into the cooked squash. Extra ingredients can go in the end that is cut in half and filled with stuffing. Extra stuffing can be put around the pan . Then cook it for 20-30 minutes. Till all is really done. You can also put cranberry sauce on the finished food.

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  2. KT

    December 01, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    The instructions say to bake until the cheese melts, however I don’t see any cheese listed among the ingredients. How much cheese, what kind, and when/where do we add it? Sounds delicious!

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      December 04, 2021 at 9:02 am

      Hi KT. I will clarify the recipe, it is confusing so thank you for mentioning this. You can use parmesan or cheddar, and it is optional.

      Reply
  3. Debra C.

    November 23, 2017 at 11:25 am

    5 stars
    Excellent idea! I have a delicata squash in the fridge and that will work too! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      November 23, 2017 at 1:31 pm

      Thank you so much Debra 🙂

      Reply
  4. Megan

    November 22, 2017 at 10:27 am

    What a fun presentation. Great way to use up stuffing.

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  5. Jereann Zann

    November 22, 2017 at 5:03 am

    Your recipe involves two of my favorite things - butternut squash and stuffing! Such a brilliant idea to repurpose leftovers! I’ll definitely be making some.

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      November 22, 2017 at 8:34 am

      Thank you so much Jereann. Have a lovely Thanksgiving!

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