Lent No Meat Experiments...Successful New Spaghetti Squash Recipe

We are doing are best to stay meatless on Fridays in Lent and this week the plan was for spaghetti squash. We had already done a pasta dish with tomato sauce already during the week so we decided to experiment and see what type of different sauce we could create. It ended up being a highly successful dinner!

Ingredients

Small spaghetti squash

Olive Oil

One medium yellow onion, diced

Three cloves of minced garlic

Three plum tomatoes diced

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Directions

1) Using a fork or knife, poke holes in the squash and microwave for 10-20 minutes depending on the size. Start with 10 minutes and when you can squeeze the squash easily it is done.

2) While cooking the spaghetti squash, heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a saute pan and add onion and garlic. Saute until softened and just browned. Add around 3 more tablespoons olive oil. Add the tomatoes and saute on low heat until just softened. Add the lemon juice and take off the heat.

3) Cut the squash in half, remove the seeds and then use a fork to separate out the "spaghetti". Add to the saute pan and mix.

4) Serve!

We grilled some asparagus to round out the meal. Just tossed asparagus with olive oil, salt and pepper and then grilled on stove top grill pan. If you give this a try I hope you enjoy!