Baked Spaghetti Squash – Spend With Pennies

Baked Spaghetti Squash makes the proper facet dish by itself or is nice topped along with your favourite sauces.

This straightforward veggie is way decrease in carbs than pasta and has a light-weight taste with a form that resembles spaghetti strands.

Baked Spaghetti Squash

Spaghetti squash isn’t precisely like consuming a bowl of your favourite egg noodles, nevertheless it’s a reasonably tasty substitute!

• Spaghetti squash could be cooked within the microwave, nonetheless cooking it within the oven caramelizes the perimeters just a little bit so it has a richer taste.
• Pair with sturdy pasta sauces, marinara sauce, and even topped with crock pot meatballs.
• Serve it as a facet dish with butter, salt, and pepper.

How one can Cook dinner Spaghetti Squash within the Oven

Similar to roasted butternut squash, spaghetti squash is simple to cook dinner within the oven however not all the time straightforward to chop. After I purchase spaghetti squash on the grocery retailer, I ask if the grocery store can reduce it in half for me, and more often than not they are going to!

How Lengthy to Bake Spaghetti Squash

I most frequently bake spaghetti squash at the next temperature to permit it to caramelize. If you’re cooking different objects within the oven at a decrease temperature, you may cook dinner the squash with it and simply add just a little bit of additional time.

For a 1.5-2 pound spaghetti squash:

• cook dinner at 425°F for 35-45 minutes
• cook dinner at 400°F for 40-50 minutes
• cook dinner at 375°F for 50-60 minutes
• cook dinner at 350°F for 55-70 minutes

The cooking instances can fluctuate based mostly on the scale of the squash. You may inform the squash is finished when you can pierce by means of the pores and skin pretty simply. Examine the squash 5 to 10 minutes earlier than the cooking time is up so it doesn’t overcook.

Skip including water to the baking dish. Whereas the addition of water can cut back the cooking time barely, it will get a greater caramelization and the strands maintain their form higher with out.

Serving Baked Spaghetti Squash

Spaghetti squash can fluctuate between 3/4 lb and as giant as 5 lbs so the variety of servings per squash will fluctuate. A medium to small squash will serve 4 as a facet dish and a pair of as a major topped with sauce. A big squash will serve nearer to six (and even 8) as a facet dish and 4 as a major.

Serve this squash with  home made pasta sauce or alongside my favourite rooster parmesan recipe!

Spaghetti squash each freezes properly and reheats properly (plus it’s nice added to home made rooster noodle soup) so I all the time err on the facet of additional if I’m unsure about servings.

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