Serving size: about 5-6 people
This has to be one of the coolest things I've ever made. I usually enjoy spaghetti squash with just some butter or marinara on top + some veggies but this recipe is a game changer. It's basically the same idea as a twice baked potato. Once you cook the squash you mix up the insides with whatever your favorite sauce is, stuff it all back in, cover with cheese, and broil! It's pretty simple, the skin of the squash acts as a bowl and holds the saucy noodles + melted cheese.
Be sure to be careful and keep a close eye on your "noodle bowls" as they are under the broiler because broiling things tends to increase the chances that you could burn your food. If you take your attention off of the squash for even two minutes you might come back to notice that your cheese topping has turned completely dark brown or black! It's alright if it does happen though, it actually happened to me on my first try today! I just scraped the burnt cheese off the top and started over with a fresh layer of cheese. Probably best to set your broiler to "low" and place your squash halves on the lower rack of the oven.
Even though the spaghetti squash might seem small, it packs a lot, seriously, a lot of "spaghetti" inside. I made one spaghetti squash (two halves) for my family and there is plenty leftover.
Ingredients:
1 spaghetti squash
1/2 cup of your favorite sauce [if you are doing two sauces you should use 1/4 cup of each sauce per half squash]
1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
1-2 pinches of parsley
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Poke a few tiny slits in the spaghetti squash so that it can vent while cooking in the oven. It will need to cook for 45-60 minutes depending on wether or not the squash is large or small. The sizes vary.
3. Once the spaghetti squash is done baking you might want to let it cool for a few minutes. Slice it in half longways so that you have two long oval halves.
4. Carefully scrape out all of the seeds and gooey pumpkin-looking insides. Be sure to leave the thicker outline of the squash because once you scrape at that with a fork you will see the noodles start to appear.
5. Once your squash is full of noodles you can mix in your sauce and stir it around. Cover the top with cheese and any seasonings you might want. [I used granulated garlic + salt and pepper for both halves.]
6. Turn on the broiler. Sprinkle the cheese topping with some parsley and place the halves of the spaghetti squash inside and watch carefully until the cheese on the top is completely melted and starts to bubble. This step will probably take 10 minutes, it should look exactly like the top of a pizza by the time it's done.
7. Let cool and eat up! I like to eat it with a fork right out of the squash but you can slice it up if you are sharing :).
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