Easy Sausage Spaghetti Squash Bowls – the easiest dinner ever for those nights when you don’t feel like stressing about dinner … but want something healthy!
My current weeknight obsession…
I don’t know about you guys, but my weeks seem to just get busier and busier! Even though I work from home now, I still need to plan out my meals, meal prep and be ready for the week. And this is currently my fav weeknight go-to!
What’s the carb content of spaghetti squash?
Each 100 grams of spaghetti squash contains just 6 grams of carbohydrates (compare that to regular wheat pasta, which has 70 grams of carbs per 100 grams!)
How to make it meal-prep friendly:
I like to prep my spaghetti squash ahead of time (learn how to perfectly roast your spaghetti squash here) and save the noodles for later in the week – that will cut most of the cook time out of this recipe! Then when it is dinnertime, just re-heat your spaghetti squash, make your sausage and heat up your sauce! Super, super simple and totally kid-friendly! If you would rather cook your spaghetti squash in the Instant Pot®, that works really well too!! Here is my tutorial!
And you have to put a little dab of ghee + salt + pepper on your spaghetti squash before you start mixing everything together – it totally elevates this super simple dish to the next level!
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Easy Sausage Spaghetti Squash Bowls – the easiest dinner ever for those nights when you don’t feel like stressing about dinner … but want something healthy!
Ingredients
- 1 Roasted Spaghetti Squash or Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash
- 1 Tablespoon ghee or olive oil
- 1.5 lbs ground Italian sausage
- 1/2 red onion, diced (approx. 1 cup)
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- pinch of salt
- 15oz jar (approx.) of your favorite spaghetti sauce – my favorite homemade one or this one is a great option too!
Instructions
- Ahead of time, preheat oven and roast spaghetti squash per this tutorial.
- About 10 minutes prior to the spaghetti squash being done, take a large fry pan and olive oil (or ghee) and bring to medium-high heat.
- Add garlic and cook for approximately 1 minute, or until fragrant, moving constantly in pan.
- Add sausage and continue to move around pan until fully cooked.
- Add red onion and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Continue cooking and stirring until onion has cooked down slightly.
- You could add other vegetables at this point, if desired, such as mushroom or even chunks of zucchini – just add and cook for a few more minutes until cooked but firm.
- Take medium saucepan and add your spaghetti sauce – warm on low, stirring occasionally.
- Assemble bowl by added some spaghetti squash (top it with a chunk of ghee and a pinch of salt and pepper), a scoop or two of sausage and then as much sauce as you desire.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- I also like to roast some broccolini to add to the bowl as well!
- I love this recipe because it has so much flexibility – you can adjust it so easily depending upon how many people you are feeding, etc. Simply cook a little extra sausage if you have a bigger spaghetti squash and are feeding lots of people, etc.
Keywords: easy spaghetti squash dinner, healthy dinner, spaghetti
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