Spaghetti Squash Boat with Bolognese and Zucchini Rounds

Although tonight’s dinner may look a whole lot like last night’s dinner, they couldn’t be more different, and not just because it’s a whole different squash!

Spaghetti squash is such a unique vegetable. It’s like spaghetti, but totally natural! I stir fried some leftover meat with tomato sauce and slathered that on top of the spaghetti squash. Made my favorite healthy side – roasted zucchini circles – to add some color and round out the meal.

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Spaghetti Squash Boat with Bolagnese

Course

Dinner, Main Dish, Meat

Cuisine

American, Italian

Cook Time

45 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 1 spaghetti squash*
• salt & freshly cracked black pepper
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 onion diced
• 2.5 tsp sweet paprika
• 1/2 tsp spicy paprika
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp coriander
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 pinch allspice
• 4 tbsp ketchup
• 1 can crushed tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• salt and garlic powder to taste

Course Dinner, Main Dish, Meat Cuisine American, Italian Cook Time 45 minutes Servings people Ingredients 1 spaghetti squash* salt & freshly cracked black pepper 1 pound ground beef 1 onion diced 2.5 tsp sweet paprika 1/2 tsp spicy paprika 1/2 tsp cumin 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/4 tsp coriander 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 pinch allspice 4 tbsp ketchup 1 can crushed tomato sauce 2 tbsp brown sugar salt and garlic powder to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
2. Cut squash in half and scoop out all the seeds and gook. Sprinkle with salt and freshly ground pepper. Place squash face down in a shallow baking dish with a little bit of water. Bake at 400 F for 40-60 minutes until a tender, but not falling apart. Take out of the oven and allow it to cool.
3. While your spaghetti squash bakes, prepare your meat sauce. Brown the meat in a large sauté pan. Discard the extra fat/liquid and put the meat on the side. In the same pan heat up the olive oil. Add the onion and sauté until golden. Add the meat back in and then add in all the spices and mix well. Add the ketchup, sauce, sugar, salt and garlic powder and mix well. Remove from the flame.
4. Once the squash has cooled, scrape out some of the spaghetti squash, making sure to leave 1/4 inch border around the skin. Mix the scraped out Squash with the garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper.
5. Replace the spaghetti squash mixture back into its shells and top with meat sauce.

Recipe Notes

*You need half a squash for each person, so buy 1 squash per 2 people you are serving.

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Zucchini Rounds

Course

Side Dish

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

15-20 minutes

Servings

Ingredients

• 3-4 large zucchinis
• extra virgin olive oil
• salt
• onion powder
• garlic powder
• freshly cracked black pepper
• crushed red pepper flakes optional

Course Side Dish Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 15-20 minutes Servings Ingredients 3-4 large zucchinis extra virgin olive oil salt onion powder garlic powder freshly cracked black pepper crushed red pepper flakes optional

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
2. Slice zucchini into very thin rounds either using a knife or a mandolin.
3. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Drizzle olive oil and season with garlic powder, onion powder, seat salt, freshly cracked black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes if you like heat. Toss everything to coat evenly.
4. Make sure they're in a single layer and then place in oven for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes keep a close eye on them because they go from perfect to burnt very quickly.