spaghetti squash casserole

Growing up, we had spaghetti pretty often. My mom, being the resourceful mom that she is, would save the leftover spaghetti and add delicious cheese to the noodles and sauce, mix it all up, and bake. This was what we always called spaghetti casserole and I looved it. Spaghetti is already comfort food, but turned into a casserole, it’s even better. 

This recipe is made with spaghetti squash, so your noodles aren’t really noodles at all, they’re veggies and that makes this comfort food dish really healthy. This also doesn’t have any cheese, but I used eggs to bind it all together and it definitely has the right texture. Gluten free, dairy free comfort food. 

If you haven’t ever cooked with or eaten spaghetti squash, it’s super easy. All you do is cut your squash in half, take out the seeds, bake for 1 hour then “shred” with a fork. 

While your squash are baking, make the meat sauce. 

Add your noodles to a large pan with your meat sauce, combine with the eggs, and bake. Enjoy:)

spaghetti squash casserole

2015-02-18 09:24:58

Serves 4

a comforting spaghetti squash casserole dish that's dairy and gluten free

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Prep Time

1 hr 15 min

Cook Time

1 hr

Total Time

2 hr 15 min

Prep Time

1 hr 15 min

Cook Time

1 hr

Total Time

2 hr 15 min

Ingredients

1. 1 large spaghetti squash
2. 1 lb italian sausage - if your sausage is in casing, you will need to remove it
3. 1/2 yellow onion - diced
4. 1 c pizza sauce - no sugar added
5. 1 tsp dried basil
6. 3 cloves garlic - minced
7. 1 tbsp coconut oil
8. salt and pepper - to taste
9. 3 eggs - whisked

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Cut spaghetti squash in half lengthwise and place squash side down on a lined baking sheet
3. Bake for 1 hour then using a fork, scrape the squash to create the noodles
4. Place the noodles in an 8x8 baking pan (I doubled my recipe for leftovers, so I used a larger pan)
5. Heat a large pan over medium heat and add coconut oil
6. Saute onion and sausage and cook until sausage is browned and broken up into pieces
7. Add garlic and salt and pepper to taste and cook for another minute
8. Add pizza sauce and dried basil and combine well
9. Add meat sauce to the 8x8 dish and mix well with spaghetti noodles
10. Add whisked eggs to the baking dish and combine until you can no longer see the eggs
11. Bake at 350F. for 1 hour or until the edges start to form a crust and the middle is firm
12. Let rest for 5-10 minutes before serving

Notes

1. I doubled this dish because we liked it so much the last time I made it. If you follow this recipe, yours will be half the size of mine and you will be using an 8x8 dish.

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