Spaghetti Squash & Tomato Basil Meat Sauce

Spaghetti Squash & Tomato Basil Meat Sauce

  Ready in : 75 mins

Spaghetti Squash & Tomato Basil Meat Sauce takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe serves 2 and costs $5.07 per serving. One portion of this dish contains around 56g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 669 calories. This recipe from Pink When has 15 fans. If you have pepper, canned tomatoes, ground beef, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. It works well as a main course. Overall, this recipe earns an amazing spoonacular score of 94%.

Ingredients

pepper

pepper

1 tsp

canned tomatoes

canned tomatoes

16 oz

extra virgin olive oil

extra virgin olive oil

2 servings

basil

basil

1 Tbsp

garlic powder

garlic powder

1 tsp

ground beef

ground beef

1 pound

onion powder

onion powder

1 tsp

salt

salt

2 servings

spaghetti squash

spaghetti squash

1

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Heat the oven to 40

    oven
    oven
  2. 2
    Halve the squash, scoop and clean the seeds inside.

    squash

    squash

    seeds

    seeds

  3. 3
    Drizzle with a tsp of extra virgin olive oil in each half, add a little salt. Take each half and turn face down on a prepared cookie sheet and bake in the oven for 50 minutes.

    extra virgin olive oil

    extra virgin olive oil

    cookies

    cookies

    salt

    salt

    baking sheet
    baking sheet
    oven
    oven
  4. 4
    Remove and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes. Take a fork and start to shred the insides.While roasting the spaghetti squash, brown the lean ground beef.

    lean ground beef

    lean ground beef

    spaghetti squash

    spaghetti squash

  5. 5
    Saute the onion and garlic if using fresh veggies.

    garlic

    garlic

    onion

    onion

  6. 6
    Drain the meat sauce and then mix the onion, garlic, black pepper, and meat and place on low to medium heat.

    black pepper

    black pepper

    garlic

    garlic

    onion

    onion

    meat

    meat

  7. 7
    Add the crushed tomatoes, basil, and pepper, stir. Allow to simmer while spaghetti squash is roasting, stirring frequently.Scoop the spaghetti squash onto a bowl, cover with meat sauce, and add a pinch of parmesan if desired.

    crushed tomatoes

    crushed tomatoes

    spaghetti squash

    spaghetti squash

    parmesan

    parmesan

    pepper

    pepper

    basil

    basil

    meat

    meat

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    bowl