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Herbed spaghetti squash with mozzarella

Herbed spaghetti squash with mozzarella
Main Ingredient: Noodles and Pastas Cheese Mozzarella Squash

Cuisine: Italian

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Herbed spaghetti squash with mozzarella ingredients

  • 1 large Spaghetti squash (3 lb)
  • 4 T Unsalted butter, cut in bits
  • 5 large Clove garlic, peeled
  • 4 oz Smoked or plain mozzarella cut into ¼ inch dice
  • 1 c Basil leaves, packed finely shredded
  • X 157 calories
  • X 5 g protein
  • X 9 g carbohyrate
  • X 12 g fat
  • X 36 mg cholesterol
  • X 265 mg sodium

Cooking Herbed spaghetti squash with mozzarella

1. Prehead oven to 375°F.
2. Halve squash lengthwise.
3. Scoop out and discard seeds.
4. Place cut side up in baking pan; add butter and garlic to hollow centers.
5. Sprinkle with ½ t salt and ¼ t pepper.
6. Cover thightly with foil; bake 1 ½ hours or until very tneder.
7. (to microwave: with fork, pierce whole squash severl times.
8. Place in glass baking dish.
9. Cook in high 18 minutes, turing squash every 4 minutes.
10. Let stand 5 minutes.
11. Place butter in small glass bowl; melt on high 30 seconds.
12. Add garlic; cok on high 1 minutes; with fork, mash.
13. Halve squash lengthwise; seed).
14. Remove squash from oven; discard foil.
15. With fork, transfer garlic to small bowl; mash.
16. With fork, comb squash strands into large bowl.
17. Add mashed garlic, cheese and basil; toss.
18. Seasoni to taste with additional salt and pepper.
19. If deisred, sprinkle with freshly grated parmesan cheese.


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