I came across a blog recently for Spaghetti Squash. I decided to make it for dinner.
How delicious does it look?
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
First, you need a spaghetti squash. I picked a medium size one. Wash it real good and then dry it off. I can't wait to see these at the farmers markets this summer/fall to get farm fresh ones.
Cut it in half as evenly as you can. I had my husband do this b/c I don't like big knives and don't need to cut myself. (I'm on blood thinner and it's not a good idea to use a big knife). :)
Scoop out the seeds and goo.
Nice and clean.
Add some olive oil, minced garlic, pepper and a little salt all around.
Put them in a glass dish cut side down. I brushed them with some olive oil. Bake on 400 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. While your squash is baking you can cook up your meat sauce. I used lean ground turkey meat. I cooked it up with some W sauce, pepper and Italian seasoning. Once it was done, I drained it and put back in the skillet and added spaghetti sauce and let it simmer.
My squash halves were done at about 35 minutes. I poked a fork in them and it went right in so I knew they were ready for the next step. I turned the oven down to 350 degrees.
I carefully used tongs to put the squash halves on a cutting board to cool a little while I 'scraped' the spaghetti with a fork. It was so cool scraping them. It looked like spaghetti. I tasted it and it was yummy.
I then added some of the minced garlic back to bottom of squash (from the baking dish). Then I sprinkled some pepper and parsley flakes.
Next, I put the squash halves in a clean baking dish. I added a little meat sauce and spaghetti to the halves. Then I layered some more meat sauce and then topped with cheese. I also sprinkled some pepper and parsley flakes on top.
Perfection! So yummy!
And.......when life gives you seeds.....PLANT THEM! I planted some of the spaghetti squash seeds. But I accidentally labeled it butternut. So, I'll fix that tomorrow. :)
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