nancy's baked spaghetti squash

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• olive oil cooking spray
• 1 spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
• 1 slice bacon, chopped, or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (optional)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup red
• 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 5 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 25 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). spray a baking sheet and a 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• pierce the squash halves with a fork and arrange, cut-side down, on the prepared baking sheet.
• bake squash in the preheated oven until a knife easily slices into the flesh, about 1 hour 20 minutes. remove squash from oven and cool until cool enough to handle, at least 15 minutes.
• place bacon in a large skillet or dutch oven; cook and stir over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. remove bacon with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate, reserving about 1 tablespoon drippings in the skillet. if the drippings don't equal 1 tablespoon, add olive oil to the skillet and heat over medium heat.
• cook and stir onion and garlic in the bacon drippings over medium heat until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes; season with salt.
• slowly pour over the onion mixture and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon; add tomatoes and italian seasoning, season tomato mixture with black pepper. cook and stir tomato mixture over medium-high heat until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes.
• shred the spaghetti squash meat using a fork, discarding the peel. stir squash meat into tomato sauce until evenly incorporated; spoon into the prepared baking dish. sprinkle mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese over squash mixture.
• bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and browned, 20 to 30 minutes. top cheese layer with bacon.