Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

Spaghetti squash is full of nutrients and low in calories making it a healthy substitute for pasta. My husband and I were pleasantly surprised by how much we enjoyed this. I chose to assemble it in individual portions for a different presentation.

Serve with garden salad and garlic bread. Oh, wait. This is a low carb recipe, so maybe skip the bread.

Serves 4-6

INGREDIENTS:

1                                  Spaghetti squash

1 tbsp                        Olive oil

                                    Salt and pepper to taste

1 lb                             Lean ground beef

1                                  Medium onion, chopped

1                                  Green pepper, diced

1 can                          Diced tomatoes

1 jar                            Favorite tomato sauce (650 mL)

                                    Seasonings to taste (pepper, Italian seasoning, oregano, basil,                                       garlic powder, cayenne pepper)

2 cups                        Shredded mozzarella

sprinkle                     Grated parmesan

DIRECTIONS:

Spaghetti Squash

• Preheat oven to 375° F.
• Line a baking dish with parchment paper.
• Cut off ends of spaghetti squash, then slice lengthwise.
• Clean out seeds and pulp with a spoon.
• Drizzle olive oil on inside of squash and season with a little salt and pepper.
• Place squash on parchment paper cut side down
• Bake in oven for 30 minutes or until soft enough for fork to pull flesh apart.
• Using a fork, scoop flesh out of shell.

Meat Sauce

• While squash is cooking, prepare your favourite meat sauce.
• In a frying pan, brown ground beef until no pink is showing.
• Pour one cup of water over cooked ground beef and mix it around.  Then drain off water and grease.

• Pile ground beef to one side of frying pan.
• Add onion to frying pan and sauté a couple minutes, then add green pepper.
• Mix vegetables with cooked ground beef and add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and seasonings. Stir together and reduce heat.
• Simmer while squash is cooking.

Assembly

• Assemble in a baking dish (size depending on how much lasagna you are making; can be assembled into individual-sized baking dishes as well)
• Layer prepared ingredients: squash, meat sauce, mozzarella cheese; squash, meat sauce, mozzarella cheese; sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
• Bake in oven at 375° F until cheese is slightly browned.

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