It's that time of year again! Spaghetti squash is in season and it's time to throw that baby in my oven and create something tasty! In the past roasting spaghetti squash has been a hit or miss for me. Sometimes it came out perfectly and others it would be clumpy. So I turned to the always handy Google search engine to find some tested instructions. I followed them and it turned out stringy and perfect! Okay, take that baby and cut her in half, length-wise. Careful, they are some of the toughest to cut. Then scrape out the gutsy centers and place them on a cookie sheet open side up. I put some coconut oil and some sea salt in the middles and put them in a pre-heated oven at 375 degrees F. Let roast for about 20 minutes then take a pastry brush and coat the inside with that melted coco oil. Return to oven for another 20-25 minutes. If a fork goes in smoothly, the beast is ready. I let them cool a bit before handling, but then took a fork to them and fluffed the insides into little noodles and moved the flesh to a bowl. Tossed some more sea salt and some parsley in there and let sit while I made the rest of the fixins' Next up was the tasty sauce!I made a raw tomato sauce for this dish with some beautiful little cherry tomatoes I found at a little market on my way home from work. 2 cups ripe cherry tomatoes 2 Tbsp onion 2 cloves garlic 1 inch fresh ginger 1/2 small avocado 1 tsp red palm oil Put all into a food processor and blend! I lightly scraped out my sauce and left some remains to help flavour the "meat" balls. Bring on the protein!Okay, so I couldn't decide between and mock ground meat or a meat ball... So logically I made both! If you're making this in a rush, skip the meatballs. Start by frying up the following in some coconut oil. 1 cup finely diced cremini mushrooms 2 cloves of garlic minced 1/2 tsp sea salt 1tsp savory 1 pinch of cinnamon add 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts after mushrooms are browned. This is your "meat" To turn that into "meat-balls" simply put mixture in food processor and blend, then form into balls. Because I left some of my sauce for flavour, the consistency was a little too moist. Simply put into oven at a low heat to create a crust. Now assemble and Chow down! I sprinkled some nutritional yeast on top of mine as my parma! Delish.
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rikki
11/11/2013 12:02:43 pm
Very delicious! I didnt have walnuts on hand so I used pecans. I also don't have a food processor (coming soon) so my "meat balls" were more of a crunchy topping (mixture of ingredients was tasty).
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Nomes
11/13/2013 09:29:47 am
Thanks! Yeah pecans would totally work!
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