Squash with Sausage: Foodie Friday: Spaghetti

Spaghetti Squash with Sausage
Spaghetti Squash with Sausage 

Squash that turns into spaghetti? Talk about built in fun with kids. Have your little ones scrap out the inside of this squash and watch as they are amazed by the strings of pasta they find.


spaghetti squash
making spaghetti

Of course it is not really pasta... it is a low calorie, gluten- free, high nutrition, vegetable that you use like pasta.

So try your favorite pasta recipes with Spaghetti Squash... here is one to start with:


Spaghetti Squash with Sausage

by Diane Balch
simplelivingeating.com

preparation including baking time for squash: 40 minutes   serves: 4-6

Ingredient:

1 spaghetti squash
2 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion chopped
1 pound of Italian Sausage or Veggie Sausage chopped (I like Morningstar Farms)
1 tablespoon fresh chopped sage or 1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
pinch of red pepper flakes
pinch of nutmeg
grated parmesan cheese for garnish

Directions:

1) Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.

2) Cut squash in half and scrap out seeds and stringiness. Salt and roast flesh side up on a baking sheet for about 30 minutes or until the flesh gets slightly brown and you can easily puncture it with a fork.

3) While the squash is cooling, sauté the onion and sausage in the olive oil on medium high heat in a large skillet.

4) When the squash can be touched use a fork to scrap loose it's stringy flesh.

5) Add squash, along with red pepper flakes, nutmeg, and parsley to the sausage and onions in the skillet. Mix and add more olive oil if the squash needs more sauce. 

6) Garnish individual servings with parmesan cheese. 






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