Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, spaghetti squash boats. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have spaghetti squash boats using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti Squash Boats:
- Make ready 3 small spaghetti squash
- Get 1/3 cup small curd cottage cheese
- Prepare 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- Take 1 tbsp chopped basil
- Make ready 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Make ready 1 -sauce-
- Prepare 1 tsp olive oil, extra virgin
- Prepare 1/2 onion, finely chopped
- Take 3 clove garlic, minced
- Take 14 oz italian chicken sausage
- Make ready 14 oz crushed tomatoes
- Take 2 tbsp chopped basil
Instructions to make Spaghetti Squash Boats:
- Preheat oven to 400°f
- Cut squash in half lengthwise, scoop out seeds. Season with salt and pepper. Bake one hour on a cookie sheet, cut side down, until soft.
- In a bowl, combine the cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, and basil.
- In a large skillet, sauté the onions and garlic in the olive oil. Add sausage and cook, breaking up into small pieces until browned and cooked through.
- Add the crushed tomatoes and salt and pepper to taste. Cover, and reduce heat to low, and simmer about 20 minutes. Add the basil.
- When squash is cooked, let cool about 10 minutes. When it's cool enough to handle, use a fork to remove the flesh, reserving the shells.
- Place the spaghetti squash on paper toweling to soak up any excess liquid. Then mix with HALF the sauce. Divide the squash mixture evenly between the shells.
- Top the filled shells with remaining sauce, cottage cheese mixture, and mozzarella cheese, dividing each evenly among your "boats".
- Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes until hot and cheese is melted.
- Delicious!
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