Spaghetti Squash with Turkey Meatballs

Today’s recipe is a fall time favorite—spaghetti squash! Spaghetti squash looks like it’s difficult to prepare but in reality it is so easy! Your friends and family will be so impressed when you serve them this delicious meal.

 

So spaghetti squash, what’s so special about it? It contains a wide variety of vitamins including vitamins C, A and K. It is low in calories and low in carbs, so it makes an excellent supplementation to carby high calorie pasta. The cool thing about it is once it has been cooked you can take a fork to it and it will pull away in spaghetti like pieces.

 

 

For my recipe today I am putting a healthy twist in spaghetti and meatballs that is not only filling, but nutritious!

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. First prepare the spaghetti squash by cutting it in half. You may have to put it in the microwave for 1-2 minutes to soften it up a bit.
   
3. Once the squash is cut in half, spoon out all the seeds in the middle cavity.
   
4. Place open side up on a baking sheet and put in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour, or until squash is soft.
   
    
5. While the squash is cooking you can start preparing the meatballs.
6. Put the ground turkey into a medium bowl.
   
7. Add in the egg, bread crumbs, basil, parsley, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper. Mix all together. I do mix by hand but if you don’t want to do that you could always use a large spoon.
   
    
8. If the meat seems to be too sticky you can add in more breadcrumbs.
9. Next, form the meat into 1/2 size meatballs.
10. Put 1 Tbs. olive oil into a medium heated skillet.
    
11. Add the meatballs into the pan and let cook until completely brown on the outside.
    
12. Once browned, remove meatballs from skillet and put on a baking sheet.
    
13. Place in oven (spaghetti squash should still be cooking as well) at 350 degrees and leave in for 20-30 minutes.
14. When there is about 10 minutes left of cooking time for the squash and meatballs, you can start to cook the vegetables.
15. Steam the frozen broccoli and frozen carrots in a steamer for 10 minutes or until tender.
16. When spaghetti squash is cooked, take out and pull it apart with a fork. Put it into a bowl.
    
    
    
     
17. Mix in olive oil, garlic and parmesan cheese.
    
18. Serve the spaghetti squash, meatballs and vegetables up on a plate and enjoy!
    

What type of recipe should I do next? Comment below what you think! :)

Spaghetti Squash, Turkey Meatballs and Steamed Vegetables

Ingredients:

1 medium Spaghetti squash

2 cloves Garlic

2 Tbsp Olive oil

¼ cup Parmesean cheese

½ lb Ground turkey

1 Egg

½ cup Bread crumbs

1 tsp Basil

1  tsp Parsley

1 tsp Oregano

1 tsp Garlic

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Pepper

1 Tbs olive oil

¼ cup Carrots

¼ cup Broccoli

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. First prepare the spaghetti squash by cutting it in half. You may have to put it in the microwave for 1-2 minutes to soften it up a bit.
3. Once the squash is cut in half, spoon out all the seeds in the middle cavity.
4. Place open side up on a baking sheet and put in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour, or until squash is soft.
5. While the squash is cooking you can start preparing the meatballs.
6. Put the ground turkey into a medium bowl.
7. Add in the egg, bread crumbs, basil, parsley, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper. Mix all together. I do mix by hand but if you don’t want to do that you could always use a large spoon.
8. If the meat seems to be too sticky you can add in more breadcrumbs.
9. Next, form the meat into 1/2 size meatballs.
10. Put 1 Tbs. olive oil into a medium heated skillet.
11. Add the meatballs into the pan and let cook until completely brown on the outside.
12. Once browned, remove meatballs from skillet and put on a baking sheet.
13. Place in oven (spaghetti squash should still be cooking as well) at 350 degrees and leave in for 20-30 minutes.
14. When there is about 10 minutes left of cooking time for the squash and meatballs, you can start to cook the vegetables.
15. Steam the frozen broccoli and frozen carrots in a steamer for 10 minutes or until tender.
16. When spaghetti squash is cooked, take out and pull it apart with a fork. Put it into a bowl.
17. Mix in olive oil, garlic and parmesan cheese.
18. Serve the spaghetti squash, meatballs and vegetables up on a plate and enjoy!