Spaghetti Squash Casserole

10 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • spaghetti squash
  • some spaghetti sauce (extra sauce if you like alot)
  • low fat cottage cheese
  • lean ground beef, browned (or cooked turkey or chicken)
  • diced onions or onion powder
  • minced garlic or garlic powder
  • diced green pepper
  • mixed mushrooms, sliced
  • parmesan cheese
  • lowfat mozzarella cheese

Directions

  1. 1
    Take knife and poke about 6 holes in the top of a spaghetti squash -- sit on baking pan in oven for about 1 hour and 15 minutes on 325-350 -- some say they use the microwave, but i would be afraid it might blow up -- when done allow to cool until you can handle it -- cut open, not long ways -- scoop out innards -- take fork and in a circular motion, pull out the spaghetti like strands.
  2. 2
    Place in bowl, and mix in some spaghetti sauce.
  3. 3
    Toss into baking pan.
  4. 4
    Add layers of your choice such as low fat cottage cheese, lean browned hamburger, diced onions, minced garlic, diced green peppers, sliced mushrooms, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese.
  5. 5
    Bake at 350 for about 1 - 1/2 hours.
  6. 6
    if casserole seems watery, its from the squash.
  7. 7
    Mine did, and I just tilted the dish over GENTLY LIKE and poured off the water -- then i baked it a lil longer -- .

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