Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, spaghetti squash. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Spaghetti Squash is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Spaghetti Squash is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Spaghetti squash is such a fun, underrated vegetable! Here is my favorite way to cook it, along with I get so many questions about how to cook spaghetti squash, so I thought I'd share my go-to method. Learn the best way to cook spaghetti squash in this recipe video!
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have spaghetti squash using 14 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti Squash:
- Prepare 1 small-medium spaghetti squash
- Make ready 1 small onion, diced
- Get 1 large pepper, diced - red, yellow or orange
- Make ready 3 clove garlic, diced
- Take 1 can garbanzo beans - 15 oz. size
- Prepare 1 can diced tomatoes, 14.5 oz. can
- Take 1 tbsp parsley
- Prepare 1/2 tsp chives
- Make ready 1/2 tsp oregano
- Prepare 1 salt
- Make ready 1 pepper
- Take 2 tbsp Extra light virgin olive oil
- Get 1/4 cup pecorino, romano cheese, grated. For Vegan dish eliminate the cheese
- Make ready 1 tbsp basil, fresh and finely chopped
Place cut sides down in shallow water in a roasting pan. We won't pretend it tastes like traditional pasta (it's a squash, after all), but it is equally as satisfying and can be substituted into almost any pasta recipe. And that's just one reason spaghetti squash is a fan-favorite. Spaghetti squash is the perfect stand-in for carb-dense noodles.
Steps to make Spaghetti Squash:
- Prep squash by scrubbing outside with hot water. Then slice in half, scrape out seeds and slice each half in half.
- Place quaters in a large pot, add enough water to cover squash so they float.
- Put on stove, half cover with lid and set on high. Once boiling turn down slightly and keep lid half on.
- To test for doneness use a roasting fork or long knife and stab squash in several places. If there is no resistance, remove each piece to a colander to cool.
- In a large saute pan over medium heat add olive oil. Once oil ribbons add onions and cook for about 3 minutes. Turn down heat if onions are splattering oil.
- Add peppers and garlic. Sautee for 2 minutes. Then add parsley, oregano, chives, salt and pepper. Saute for about 3 minutes.
- While onions and peppers are cooking open a can of garbanzo beans and drain into a large mesh strainer to remove liquid. Then rinse under cold water. Let drain.
- Once completely drained add beans to onions and peppers, stirring to incorporate to heat beans thoroughly.
- Once heated through add diced tomatoes. Stir very well and turn heat down to medium low.
- By now the squash should be cool enough to handle. If not, use a pot holder to hold squash quarters. Scrape out squash into a large bowl and break up well with the back of a spoon, or your hands.
- Once squash is separated and sauce is hot add squash in large spoonfuls to pan. Stir carefully to incorporate and heat through.
- Add cheese a little at a time stirring after each addition. For a Vegan dish eliminate the cheese.
- When dishing out add more cheese on top with a small amount of fresh basil.
These spaghetti squash spaghetti noodles are sauteed with herbs, then topped with marinara and Parmesan. Recipes › Healthy Dinner Recipes › Best Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti. Like all winter squash, spaghetti squash requires some time in the oven before it becomes tender enough to eat. The quickest way to get this side dish on the table is to cut the squash in half and cook. You'll have ready-to-eat spaghetti squash on the table in less than hour.
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