Recipe: Tasty Paleo Spaghetti squash with paleo meatballs and fresh chunky spaghetti sauce

Paleo Spaghetti squash with paleo meatballs and fresh chunky spaghetti sauce. Spaghetti squash is nature's angel hair pasta. Its delicate strands and lightly sweet taste complements savory recipes well. Gently remove the squash nests from the muffin tins and fill each one with a meatball.

Try these meatballs atop spaghetti squash and you will be asking for seconds, even Add the wine to the skillet and continue cooking for a few minutes to combine flavors. To serve, fill the center of the squash with meatballs and sauce. The first time that I cooked spaghetti squash, it was like a light bulb went off in my head. You can have Paleo Spaghetti squash with paleo meatballs and fresh chunky spaghetti sauce using 27 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Paleo Spaghetti squash with paleo meatballs and fresh chunky spaghetti sauce

1. Prepare of spaghetti squash.
2. You need 1 of speghetti squash.
3. You need of spaghetti squash continued. ...
4. It's 1/4 tsp of salt and pepper.
5. Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.
6. Prepare of Fresh chunky spaghetti sauce.
7. It's 1 small of onion diced.
8. You need 3 of gloves of garlic crushed or minced.
9. Prepare 3 large of mushrooms sliced.
10. Prepare 1 small of zucchini diced.
11. You need 1 can of of petite diced tomatoes (the ones with basil and garlic is my favorite).
12. It's 1 small of can of tomato paste ( I like the garlic and basil infused ones).
13. Prepare 3 tbsp of fresh chopped basil.
14. You need 1 tbsp of fresh copped oregano.
15. It's 1 of salt to taste.
16. It's 1 1/2 tbsp of honey.
17. Prepare 2 tbsp of red wine.
18. Prepare 1 of other vegetable options: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, spinach and bell peppers.
19. You need of paleo meatballs.
20. It's 2 of Italian sausage.
21. It's 1/2 lb of ground beef.
22. You need 1 of egg.
23. Prepare 1 tbsp of almond butter.
24. Prepare 1/4 cup of almond flour.
25. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
26. Prepare 3 tbsp of fresh chopped basil.
27. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of fresh chopped oregano.

The tender strands make a great substitute for pasta. You can serve it with meat sauce, with pesto, even baked in the oven as a casserole. One of my favorite preparations is with a classic. The old-school favorite, spaghetti and meatballs, is a major challenge to the paleo enthusiast.

Paleo Spaghetti squash with paleo meatballs and fresh chunky spaghetti sauce step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cut squash in half lengthwise and remove seeds.
3. Generously season with salt and pepper (garlic powder if so desired).
4. Drizzle olive oil over inner surface of squash.
5. In a baking dish (13x9) place squash cut side down. Cover with foil and bake for about 30 -35 mins..
6. Next, saute onions and garlic in a splash of olive oil.
7. When onions are translucent add mushrooms. Saute until onions are golden brown.
8. Add wine let cook down for about 3 mins..
9. Add veggies and the of diced tomatoes and let simmer for 10 mins.
10. Add tomato paste and fill the diced tomato can up with water add to sauce. Let simmer on low to med heat. Stir as necessary.
11. Mix all meat ball ingredients together (some may like more salt, pepper and garlic powder).
12. Form into balls and pan fry in a splah of olive oil. Make sure meatballs are dark brown and well cooked..
13. *** When the squash is cooked and cooled take a fork and "rake" it through the flesh top to center of the "bowl" to create the spaghetti effect ***.

Plate the spaghetti squash on serving. Watch how to make a Paleo-friendly pasta dish with a hearty ground beef and vegetable tomato sauce. The "pasta" is actually strands of squash, so it's perfectly Paleo. These paleo spaghetti squash recipes cook up everything from pasta to pizza -- all with plenty of healthy fats and no gluten or grains. Squash halves get stuffed with paleo goodies like spinach, coconut milk, and runny eggs.