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Italian Style Spaghetti Squash

April 5, 2017 · by My Kid's Lunch

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Ingredients

1 spaghettti squash

3-4 cups spaghetti sauce

2 c grated Romano or Parmesan cheese (note Romano cheese is sheeps milk)

shredded mozzarella cheese for the top

12 oz ricotta cheese thinned with any milk, I used soy

1 bag of fresh or frozen spinach (if frozen, fully defrost and squeeze out water)

olive oil

salt

pepper 

garlic

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1. Wash the spaghetti squash and cut in half (short way). Stand on ends in an 8x8" baking dish. Add 1" of water, cover with foil, and bake for 45-60 minutes at 350F until tender. Let cool until you can make the "spaghetti" out of it. Set aside.

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2. Saute the spinach in olive oil with garlic, salt and pepper, set aside.

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3. Heat 3-4 cups of your favorite spaghetti sauce, set aside.

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4.  Add a little milk to the ricotta cheese so it is spreadable.
 

5.  In your 8x8" baking dish, pour out the water and layer 1/2 of the spaghetti squash. Sprinkle some Romano, then 1/3 of the spaghetti sauce, all of the spinach (with as much liquid squeezed out as possible), and spread all of the ricotta cheese, Next, layer on 1/3 of the spaghetti sauce and the other 1/2 of the spaghetti squash. Top it with a little more sauce, romano and mozzarella. 

6. Bake for 30-40 minutes uncovered until hot and bubbly.

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You can also sauté any of your favorite veggies to layer in this. 

When I was a little girl, my grandmother would make lasagna but my grandfather didn't like the ricotta. She would slice hard boiled eggs on one of the layers for him!


Enjoy!