Cheesy Saucy Spaghetti Squash
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If you’re ever craving spaghetti with sauce without the carbs and calories, you’re going to love this easy spaghetti squash cheese sauce recipe with as much cheese and sauce as you like. Cheesy, saucy spaghetti squash is a dinner that the whole family loves.
Easy Low Carb Spaghetti Squash Recipe
This is a fantastic quick and easy dinner. And best of all, you can eat it straight out of the shell. Less dishes to do after dinner! If you’re wanting to eat pasta with less carbs, then spaghetti squash is the perfect substitute!
Bake or Microwave the Spaghetti Squash?
Learning how to cook this great squash recipe is really easy. You have two options: you can bake it or you can microwave it. Both results are equally delicious.
- Baking the squash will take a little more time, but you’ll have a nice roasted flavor. It is also great if you are going to cook a couple spaghetti squashes at one time. Here is how to bake spaghetti squash method.
- Microwaving the squash is definitely quicker for a single spaghetti squash, but there will be little more water released. But all you need to do is to drain a little bit of the water and it’s perfect. Even if you bake it and as it cools, it will release water. So either way, depending on when you eat it, you just might have to drain some water. Here is How to microwave spaghetti squash method.
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Quick and Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipe with Tomato Sauce
This amazing quick and easy squash recipe is saucy because you can add what ever spaghetti sauce you want. And you can add more sauce if you like. If you want it extra cheesy, just add extra cheese! You can also add ground meat to your sauce and it’s a hearty meaty meal! Don’t forget to add a fresh and crisp side salad to add more greens to your amazing dinner. Enjoy! It’s an awesome low carb Italian-inspired dinner! There are so many possibilities with this dinner. You can even add some cooked spinach, tofu, chicken or even shrimp and it’s a dinner that keeps on giving.
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Cheesy Saucy Spaghetti Squash
Ingredients
- 1 whole Spaghetti Squash , cooked – see directions below for cooking options
- 2 cups (480ml) Spaghetti Sauce , about
- 1/2 cup (120ml) freshly grated parmesan cheese , about
- minced parsley , for garnish
- salt , to taste
- fresh cracked black pepper , to taste
Instructions
Cook the Spaghetti Squash with your preferred method
- Cut spaghetti squash in half lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds and connecting strands.
Microwave:
- Place spaghetti squash cut side down on 8"x9" glass baking dish. Add enough water to fill the baking dish with about 1 inch of water.Microwave on High or until the squash flesh becomes tender and separates easily into strands with a fork, about 10 minutes. Depending on the power of your microwave and size of the spaghetti squash, cooking times will vary. Keep checking the squash to see if it's ready.Finish by gently loosening and removing the "spaghetti strands" from the shells.
Oven
- Preheat Oven to 375°F. Oil a baking sheet pan with olive oil.Place spaghetti squash cut side down on the prepared sheet pan. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the squash flesh becomes tender and separates easily into strands with a fork. Finish by gently loosening and removing the "spaghetti strands" from the shells.
Finish
- After loosening up the strands of the cooked spaghetti squash, ladle hot spaghetti sauce on top and sprinkle cheese on top.
- If needed, heat up the spaghetti squash halves in the oven or microwave for about 3 minutes, or until the cheese is melty and bubbly.Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Garnish with minced parsley. Serve warm and enjoy!
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How to store leftover spaghetti squash cheese sauce?
If you have leftovers, you can store them in air tight containers. In the fridge, you can store it for up to 3 days. Sure you can freeze this, but when it thaws, the squash will be mushy. It will also be watery. So if you don’t mind this texture, then go ahead and freeze away!
More Easy Recipes
Here’s more great spaghetti squash recipes., including a great spaghetti squash with an easy sausage tomato sauce.
- spaghetti squash with sausage recipe
- coconut curry spaghetti squash recipe
- garlic parmesan spaghetti squash
- this recipe was originally published in 2014 and updated with new video and photos.
3 Comments on “Cheesy Saucy Spaghetti Squash”
I was looking for something tasty and easy for my keto diet and came across this recipe. I’m really loving it.
All your spaghetti squash recipe are AMAZING! I’m loving this one in particular because of all the cheese! YUMMM!
I’m totally loving this cheesy squash spaghetti recipe and it’s low carb too. It’s so delicious!