Spaghetti Squash, Spinach cooked with garlic in olive oil, combined with bacon, topped with melted, freshly grated, Parmesan cheese AND then sprinkled with toasted pine nuts. Delicious, healthy, gluten free!
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Parmesan Spaghetti Squash, Spinach, and Bacon with Pine Nuts
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 spaghetti squash, medium size
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 8 oz fresh spinach
- 8 bacon strips, cooked and finely chopped
- 1 cup freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 Fahrenheit.
- Cut the squash in 2 halves, scrape out the seeds and the fiber out of each half. Spray 2 tablespoons of olive oil over the cut sides of the squash. Spray the baking sheet with oil and place the squash on the baking sheet cut side down.
- Bake for about 30-40 minutes. Remove it from the oven when it's cooked through and soft, and let it cool. Flip the squash so that cut side faces up – that will speed up the cooling. After squash cools, scrape squash with a fork to remove flesh in long strands and transfer to a bowl.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. Add minced garlic and fresh spinach and saute for about 2 minutes, stirring, on medium heat, uncovered until spinach wilts. Season with salt.
- Add spaghetti squash to the skillet with spinach, add finely chopped cooked bacon and mix to combine, on low heat.
- Add freshly shredded Parmesan cheese to the skillet and stir on low heat to melt the cheese. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Top with toasted pine nuts.
Cooking spaghetti squash:
Cooking spinach:
Made this for lunch today! It was very flavorful and I added chicken tenders to it. I read above how someone added mushrooms and red chili flakes. Great idea!!! I must try that as well. Thank you for a delicious spaghetti squash recipe!
Thank you, Deanna! So happy you enjoyed this recipe! Chicken tenders is a great addition!
I made this for dinner tonight. We are just starting a paleo change. I added a big bunch of mushrooms with the garlic. I didn’t see the mushrooms on the ‘foods to avoid list. Dinner turned out terrific! I did not add salt as it really doesn’t need it. I used some leftover turkey breast to add to the plates for those who wanted the protein.
Thank you for this new addition to our menus!
Hello…do you have the nutritional information for this recipe?…thank you!
Ok, you have just made my day. I was just talking to my husband about wanting to make more things from scratch. This is awesome.
We’ve made spaghetti squash many times, but it’s never been as good as when we baked it this way. Thanks so much for the idea!
My friend tried this recipe and loved it, after a brief scuffle with the squash when she tried to cut it open.
http://glovergardens.com/2017/02/18/emergency-responder-for-squash-disaggregation-a-tale-of-triumph-over-gourd-adversity
I am glad you liked it! 🙂 I agree with you – squash can be hard to deal with! 🙂
I made this last night I add mushrooms and red pepper flakes, I wi make this again, soooo good
I am glad you liked it! Mushrooms and red pepper flakes are great additions!