"I was looking for something festive and autumnal for the day after Thanksgiving. This made a nice presentation and everyone seemed to like the flavor. For those new to acorn squash (as was I): cutting off the tops was NOT easy. I was glad I started that part of the process early. I had 8 people so I doubled the recipe. As a vegetarian I used "Gimme Lean" sausage-style fake meat. Instead of rice I used couscous (a box of the toasted-pine-nut-flavored Far East), and halved the pine nuts in the recipe since the couscous contained some. I also threw in some crumbled feta. I wound up with about a cup of the stuffing left over. I used about half of that in a 2-egg omelet later and it tasted GREAT!