Beef / Pork

Italian Baked Spaghetti Squash is for Dinner.

Italian Baked Spaghetti Squash takes several minutes to prepare.

Italian Baked Spaghetti Squash takes 45 minutes to cook.

Italian Baked Spaghetti Squash makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Italian Baked Spaghetti Squash are:

1 Medium Spaghetti Squash (2 1/4 lbs)
12 oz bulk italian sausage
1 1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 medium green or red sweet pepper chopped
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
3 garlic cloves minced
1 4 1/2 can chopped pitted ripe olives (optional)
1/2 tsp. dried italian seasoning, crushed
1 1/2 cups purchased red pasta sauce
1 1/2 cups shredded monterey jack, mozzarella, or italian blend cheese
1/4 cup snipped fresh italian parsley

Here is how you make Italian Baked Spaghetti Squash:

Preheat 350 Serves 6Halve squash crosswise; remove seeds. Place cut sides down in a 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Add 1/4 cup water. Cover with vented plastic wrap. Microwave on high power 13 to 15 minutes or unil squash is tender when pierced with fork; rearrange once for even baking. In a large skillet cook sausage, mushrooms, sweet pepper, onion, and garlic over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink; stir to break up sausage. Drain off fat.Preheat oven to 350. Scrape pulp from squash (about 3 cups). Wipe out baking dish; coat with nonstick cooking spray. Spread half the squash in dish. Add half the sausage mixture and half the olives. Sprinkle with seasoning and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper. Top with half the sauce and half the cheese. Top with remaining squash, sausage, olives, and sauce. Bake for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley. Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WLMORSE.

The nutritional information for Italian Baked Spaghetti Squash is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 273.0

• Total Fat: 17.3 g
• Cholesterol: 55.2 mg
• Sodium: 1,071.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 15.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.4 g
• Protein: 16.3 g

Italian Baked Spaghetti Squash is Italian cuisine.