Eat to glow: Roasted Kabocha with Molé Sauce

I’m beyond excited to share one of my favorite eat to glow recipes, Roasted Kabocha with Molé Sauce. I’m a sucker for squash, kabocha is my favorite, it’s the sweetest richest variety out there. I found my favorite squash at the farmers market and decided to use it as a base for one of my favorite Mexican sauces, molé! Molé is a vegetarian sauce with an undeniable meaty richness, when slathered on veggies it creates a filling savory dish. This molé has a lot of ingredients but it’s not as tricky as it looks, it just requires tossing things in the food processor in the right order and giving them a whirl. Kaboucha contains more omega 3s and beta-carotene than almost any other plant-based food so eat up for perfect skin!

Roasted Kabocha with Molé Sauce

INGREDIENTS

• 1 medium kabocha squash
• 3 tablespoons golden raisins
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic
• 2 small tomatillos
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds
• 1 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground chipotle spice
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 tablespoon cacao powder
• 1/3 cup white vinegar

RECIPE

Kabocha

• preheat oven to 350 degrees
• cut squash into 3″-4″ wedges and place on an ungreased baking pan
• put squash into 350 degree oven and cook on one side for 15 minutes
• after 15 minutes turn squash and cook on opposite side for another 15 minutes
  remove from oven and set aside to coolMolé
• add raisins to medium bowl boil 1cup water
• pour boiling water over raisins and set aside
• add oil to sauté pan and turn to medium heat
• mince garlic and dice tomatillos, add to pan
  sauté for 5 minutes and add to food processor
• Heat a small sauté pan to medium
• add pumpkin seeds and almonds to dry sauté pan on medium meat, stirring constantly until nuts/seeds turn toasty golden brown
• add nuts to food processor
• add the rest of the dry ingredients to food processor
• add contents of raisin water bowl to food processor
• add vinegar
• blend ingredients until smooth (2mins)
• empty contents of food processor into medium size sauté pan and add 1 cup of water
• stir sauce consistently until smooth (2 minutes)
• spoon mole over plated squash

Truly enjoy

For more plant based #Eattoglow recipes check out the Salted & Coated Cookie Dough Bites