Spaghetti squash with turkey meatballs

This is a very healthy alternative to spaghetti and meatballs, and tasty too!!! However if you're not too keen on the idea of squash as spaghetti try the meatballs with tinkyada brown rice pasta.

For the meatballs you will need:

1 lb of turkey meat
1 egg
1 small onion (lightly sauteed)
1/2 cup brown rice
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons of seasoned salt
pinch of cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Italian seasonings
squeeze of lemon juice

For the sauce:

Your favorite marinara

-for a nice addition to the sauce roast grape or cherry tomatoes with a little olive oil in the oven at 400 degrees until the skins burst and add them to your sauce at the end.


For the squash:

1 large spaghetti squash
olive oil
salt and pepper
garlic clove

Preheat the oven to 375 and prepare the squash by slicing it lengthwise and removing the seeds. Be careful spaghetti squash is difficult to slice!! Rub the inside with cut garlic clove, olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake cut side down for 45-50 minutes.

Meanwhile heat sauce mixture over medium heat

Prepare the meatballs by adding the lightly sauteed onions and combining all the remaining ingredients. It should make about 5 large meatballs. Carefully add raw meatballs to sauce mixture and simmer for 45-50 minutes, turning occasionally until meatballs are cooked through. (I don't like to brown the meatballs beforehand because it makes them more tender and the sauce more flavorful when I don't )

Carefully remove the pasta like strands from the squash with a fork, it will look just like pasta!! Drizzle a little olive oil on the squash strands and some additional salt and pepper then top with a light amount of sauce and a giant meatball. Yummy and healthy!!! Spaghetti squash is a great healthy alternative to pasta, it's also great as a side with some butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper.