Spaghetti Squash
Spaghetti Squash

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, spaghetti squash. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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. Spaghetti squash is a nutritious and delicious oblong seed-bearing variety of winter squash.

Spaghetti Squash is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Spaghetti Squash is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook spaghetti squash using 14 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti Squash:
  1. Get 1 small-medium spaghetti squash
  2. Take 1 small onion, diced
  3. Prepare 1 large pepper, diced - red, yellow or orange
  4. Prepare 3 clove garlic, diced
  5. Make ready 1 can garbanzo beans - 15 oz. size
  6. Get 1 can diced tomatoes, 14.5 oz. can
  7. Get 1 tbsp parsley
  8. Take 1/2 tsp chives
  9. Get 1/2 tsp oregano
  10. Get 1 salt
  11. Make ready 1 pepper
  12. Take 2 tbsp Extra light virgin olive oil
  13. Get 1/4 cup pecorino, romano cheese, grated. For Vegan dish eliminate the cheese
  14. Take 1 tbsp basil, fresh and finely chopped

It all starts by halving your squash and scooping out your seeds, which I love to do with an ice cream scoop for efficiency. How to cook Spaghetti Squash This is a basic spaghetti squash recipe : Slice squash into halves. Place cut sides down in shallow water in a roasting pan. Spaghetti squash is the perfect stand-in for carb-dense noodles.

Instructions to make Spaghetti Squash:
  1. Prep squash by scrubbing outside with hot water. Then slice in half, scrape out seeds and slice each half in half.
  2. Place quaters in a large pot, add enough water to cover squash so they float.
  3. Put on stove, half cover with lid and set on high. Once boiling turn down slightly and keep lid half on.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Add peppers and garlic. Sautee for 2 minutes. Then add parsley, oregano, chives, salt and pepper. Saute for about 3 minutes.
  7. 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.
  8. Once completely drained add beans to onions and peppers, stirring to incorporate to heat beans thoroughly.
  9. Once heated through add diced tomatoes. Stir very well and turn heat down to medium low.
  10. 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.
  11. Once squash is separated and sauce is hot add squash in large spoonfuls to pan. Stir carefully to incorporate and heat through.
  12. Add cheese a little at a time stirring after each addition. For a Vegan dish eliminate the cheese.
  13. When dishing out add more cheese on top with a small amount of fresh basil.

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