Baked Spaghetti Squash
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 medium spaghetti squash (2 1/4 lb)
- 340.19 g Italian sausage
- 354.88 ml mushrooms, sliced
- 1 green peppers or 1 red pepper, chopped
- 78.78 ml onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 120.48 g can chopped black olives, drained
- 2.46 ml italian seasoning
- 354.88 ml spaghetti sauce
- 354.88 ml shredded mozzarella cheese
- 59.14 ml fresh parsley, chopped
directions
- Halve squash crosswise; remove seeds. Place cut sides down in 2-quart baking dish. Add 1/4 C water. Cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on high 13-15 minutes or until squash is tender when pierced with fork; rearrange once for even baking.
- In a large skillet cook sausage, mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, and garlic over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink; stir to break up sausage. Drain off fat.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Scrape pulp from squash. Wipe out baking dish; coat with non-stick cooking spray. Spread half of the squash in dish. Add half the sausage mixture and half the olives. Sprinkle with seasoning and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper. Top with half of the spaghetti sauce and cheese. Top with remaining squash, sausage, olives, and spaghetti sauce. Bake for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 5 minutes more. Let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Becca Bricker
Kansas City, Missouri
<p>I am a married mother of 3 children and 3 stepchildren. My husband and I also have 6 grandkids and 1 more on the way. I am a daycare teacher for 1 year olds.</p>