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Spaghetti with Spaghetti Squash Recipe
A wonderful gluten free recipe, with all the flavor that you love from a spaghetti dish. All very easy to make by preparing the meat sauce
in a slower and coming home to an almost ready meal!
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cook Time: 6 hrs. 10 min.
Total Time: 6 hrs. 20 min.
Ingredients:
Recipe Makes 8 Servings
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1 lbs. Italian sausage
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1 lbs. 93% lean ground beef
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24 oz. can of Hunts Pasta Sauce
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16 oz. baby Portobello mushrooms (optional)
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1 spaghetti squash
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1 tbsp. butter
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Other desired spices (optional)
Directions:
1.
Put Italian sausage, ground beef, pasta sauce, and mushrooms in a slow cooker and mix together. (Optional) you can add
other desired spices to suit your taste such as oregano, basil, cumin, etc.
2.
Set the slow cooker to low and allow mixture to cook for at least 6 hours, or until meat is fully cooked.
3.
During the last hour before slow cooker meat sauce is done, preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit. Cut the spaghetti
squash in half lengthwise and clean out the seeds. Add ½ tablespoon of butter to each of the squash halves.
4.
Once oven is at 350 degree, place squash in a pan and cook for roughly 30 minutes. When done, scoop out squash insides
and add to slow cooker. Mix in with the meat sauce, allow this mixture to heat for another 10 minutes and serve.
Nutrition
Amount per Serving
Calories: 282
Total Fat: 16 g
Total Carbs: 10 g
Protein: 22 g
Sodium: 886 mg
Did you know???
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Pork is a high protein that also offers a good source of different vitamins and minerals including Thiamin, Zinc, Vitamin
B2, B6, B3, Phoshorus, and Iron. The fat content of pork varies, but is usually higher than in most other meets.
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Spaghetti Squash may help with weight loss, especially when replacing pasta in a dish. One cup of cooked pasta has
over 200 calories where as one cup of cooked spaghetti squash only has 42 calories. Spaghetti squash also offers a
good source of daily fiber, vitamin C, vitamin A, calcium, and potassium.
