Baked Spaghetti Squash

Name: Baked Spaghetti Squash
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 medium spaghetti squash (2 1/4 lb); 12 ounces Italian sausage; 1 1/2 cups mushrooms, sliced; 1 green peppers or 1 red pepper, chopped; 1/3 cup onion, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1 (4 1/4 ounce) can chopped black olives, drained; 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning; 1 1/2 cups spaghetti sauce; 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese; 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Submitted by Becca Bricker

"This is so good. My whole family loves it, including my picky 10 year old daughter. I got this recipe from Better Homes & Gardens magazine."

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Ready In:: 1hr 25mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 medium spaghetti squash (2 1/4 lb)
12 ounces Italian sausage
1 ¹⁄₂ cups mushrooms, sliced
1 green peppers or 1 red pepper, chopped
¹⁄₃ cup onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 (4 1/4 ounce) can chopped black olives, drained
¹⁄₂ teaspoon italian seasoning
1 ¹⁄₂ cups spaghetti sauce
1 ¹⁄₂ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
¹⁄₄ cup fresh parsley, chopped

directions

Halve squash crosswise; remove seeds. Place cut sides down in 2-quart baking dish. Add 1/4 C water. Cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on high 13-15 minutes or until squash is tender when pierced with fork; rearrange once for even baking.
In a large skillet cook sausage, mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, and garlic over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink; stir to break up sausage. Drain off fat.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Scrape pulp from squash. Wipe out baking dish; coat with non-stick cooking spray. Spread half of the squash in dish. Add half the sausage mixture and half the olives. Sprinkle with seasoning and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper. Top with half of the spaghetti sauce and cheese. Top with remaining squash, sausage, olives, and spaghetti sauce. Bake for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 5 minutes more. Let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

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Loved this recipe! I really like spaghetti sqaush and am always looking for different ways to cook it. I pretty much followed the recipe except I used turkey sausage and I pierced and baked the sqaush whole in the oven. Thanks for a great recipe!

JFitz

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Becca Bricker

Kansas City, Missouri

<p>I am a married mother of 3 children and 3 stepchildren. My husband and I also have 6 grandkids and 1 more on the way. I am a daycare teacher for 1 year olds.</p>

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