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Spaghetti Squash – YUM!

posted by: Jamie Robertson

Thanks to our new friend Dana over at Green Apple Baby, I was introduced to a new dish. Spaghetti and tomato sauce. Now I know you’re all thinking, “Hey! There’s nothing new about Spaghetti and sauce!” well, if you bake a spaghetti squash at 400 degrees for an hour, scrape up the inside a bit, throw some sauce on there, you’ve got a new spaghetti and sauce that will please even the picky eaters in the family! We tried this out today and absolutely loved it!

Here’s how you do it:

• Cut the squash in half and scoop out the seeds
• Place the squash upside down on a tray
• Bake it for one hour at 400 degrees
• When cooked, turn the halves over (carefully!!)
• With a fork, scrape the inside of the squash – it will turn into strings of squash that look like spaghetti!

For some fun I left the squash in the skin as it formed a fantastic bowl. We had some home made frozen spaghetti sauce that worked perfectly as a topping. It’s a garden fresh sauce made from roma tomatoes and zucchini grown in our garden, you can get the recipe here. I sprinkled a bit of mozza cheese on top and served it with some spinach caesar salad and a bit of organic pasta to finish it off.

Thanks again to Dana for the recipe and the idea!

Happy Cooking!
Jamie