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Turkey Meat Sauce over Spaghetti Squash
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
45 mins
 
This easy meal is great for any night of the week and is loaded with veggies!
Course: Main Course
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 large spaghetti squash , about 3 to 4 pounds
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil , divided
  • 1 large onion , chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 8-ounce package mushrooms, coarsely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic , chopped
  • 1 pound ground turkey , chicken or beef
  • 1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
  • 3 cups baby spinach or kale
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut spaghetti squash in half and use a spoon to scrape out the seeds. Brush 1 tablespoon olive oil on a baking sheet. Arrange squash, cut sides down on baking sheet. Place squash in oven an bake 35 minutes or until it can be pierced easily with a fork.
  2. While squash is baking, add remaining olive oil to a large nonstick skillet and heat over medium high heat. Add onion and salt and cook 5 minutes or until softened.
  3. Add mushrooms and garlic and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender.
  4. Add ground turkey and cook 5 minutes, until turkey is no longer pink, stirring to break up turkey.
  5. Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, balsmamic vinegar and basil. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.

  6. Stir in spinach and cook 1 minute or until wilted.

  7. Remove spaghetti squash from oven and cool for about 10 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Use a fork to gently pull the squash flesh from the peel and to separate the flesh into strands. The strands wrap around the squash horizontally — rake your fork in the same direction as the strands to make the longest "noodles".
  8. Serve the meat sauce over the spaghetti squash.
Recipe Notes

Tip: To incorporate this into a keto diet, use keto friendly tomato products.  Spaghetti squash is relatively low carb, but this is also great over zucchini noodles.