Spaghetti Squash Bake

I made my special someone his favorite dish recently: spaghetti squash bake. This is an extremely healthy alternative to using pasta for a spaghetti meal. Once spaghetti squash is cooked, it can be easily taken out of the shell with a fork. The flesh has the appearance of spaghetti noodles. Apparently, I was so excited about dinner that I forgot to snap the pic before the damage was done to the dish. This is my own little creation, so I hope you try it for yourself.

What you need:

spaghetti squash: cooked and flesh removed

99% fat free ground turkey: browned

almond cheese: yes you can make "cheese" from almonds. buy the mozzarella style

garlic cloves

rosemary

garlic and oregano pasta sauce

fresh ground black pepper

To do:

Saute the minced garlic, then add browned turkey, spices and sauce. Let simmer for a bit.

Grate the cheese (not grated in picture, because the kitchen I was using didn't have a grater).

...Now, layer everything. Put down a layer of squash, then sauce mixture, then cheese. You should have about 3 layers, depending on the size of your baking dish. Cook in the oven until bubbling.

Salad:

This is simply: red cabbage, red leaf lettuce, oregano, salt, pepper and olive oil tossed together, then chilled.

Bread:

There is a lovely little bakery in Abingdon, VA: Wildflour Bakery & Cafe. I bought their "War" bread, which is multigrain. I simply tore it into little dipping pieces for the dipping sauce I made.

Dipping sauce:

olive oil, oregano, salt, pepper.

Truly one of my favorite meals.