Spaghetti Squash, Oh I LOVE...

Spaghetti Squash! It may be one of those things you have seen at the grocery store or farmers market and haven't been sure what to do with it so you walk right past but its time to live it up a little,

go get one!

I got this one from the farmers market for $4 and look at how huge it is?! It fed us for 2 entire meals and was my lunch for 3 days... Try finding yourself some good quality pasta at that amazing price, not going to happen.

Lets bake this squash at 375 (go preheat it) but before you put the squash in you are going to want to pierce the squash all over with either a knife or fork, I chose the fork. This is important or you might have a squash EXPLOSION in your oven. Once you have pierced it throughout put it directly into the oven for an hour. You will know it is done when you can easily pierce the skin with a fork, it should go right through.

For dinner I chose to do a tomato sauce and I added Italian sausages John (my husband) found from the farmers market. I only used two sausages thinly sliced to feed all four of us. Meat is one of the most expensive things so save yourself a little and go a little lighter on it. Look at that pretty package:

Cook the sausages first in the pan, let them cool and thinly slice them while the tomato sauce is warming up. Throw the sausages in and add a few handfuls of shredded spinach and

 let that cook down.

Pull the spaghetti squash when its done and slice it carefully in half (beware steam). Then scoop out the seeds which you can save and roast if you so choose (they taste like pumpkin seeds!). Then take a fork and pull the strands of squash out and serve right up. Top with your sauce and dinner is served.

While I love this meal I will say I normally need a snack before bed, grab some pistachios or something good or home made pumpkin pie...