Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumBaked Margarita Spaghetti Squash
Recipe from Marcy Manware
(through a nephew, on FB)
Ingredients:
1 large spaghetti squash
... 2 tbsp. olive oil
1 large Roma tomato, finely chopped
2 tbsp. finely chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 tsp. each salt & pepper
1 tsp. garlic powder
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Using a large knife or a cleaver, slice the spaghetti squash in half lengthwise down the middle. Use a spoon to remove the seeds and center strings.
Drizzle the two halves with olive oil and then sprinkle with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Place the squash, open side down on a cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, check to see if the squash is soft and easily comes up with a fork into a spaghetti like texture. If it's too hard to remove, cook for another 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, scrape and fluff the stringy squash with a fork. Leave the squash in the skin.
Turn the oven up to broil. Add the tomatoes and fresh basil into the squash, stir and top with the mozzarella cheese. Place in the broiler for 3-4 minutes, until the cheese is melted and slightly browned. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving the squash.
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)Wonder if I go doit on my weber and then broil for the last step?
intheflow
(28,477 posts)Where's the tequila?
Actually, sounds delish! I tried growing some spaghetti squash in a container last year without much luck. Trying it again in a real, true raised bed, hoping I'll get better results. When I do, I'm making this for sure! We even have the fresh basil and tomato growing in the garden, too!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)or smaller pastas, but this dish with the spaghetti squash sounds yummy!
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)I salt mine just a bit and put it in a colander to drain before proceeding with many recipes, and squeeze out any moisture with my hands. I don't like it watery. This recipe would work like that -- it's kind of like a twice-baked potato, scoop out then put back in.