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Spaghetti Squash Casserole

Vegetable Dishes
Prep Time1 hr
Cook Time1 hr
Total Time2 hrs
Course: Vegetable Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 165kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 large or 2 small spaghetti squash
  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • 2 medium tomatoes - optional
  • 1 large cottage cheese
  • 1 pkg of Italian blend cheese
  • 1 pkg parmesan cheese
  • 2 large jars of spaghetti sauce of your liking
  • basil and oregano for seasoning
  • olive oil or coconut oil for greasing of pan

Instructions

  • Bake spaghetti squash for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
  • Let sit to the side to cool down, when cool scrape out squash from inside with a spoon or fork and put in large bowl.
  • Cut up tomatoes and put on top of squash and mix in -optional.
  • Brown ground beef and drain.
  • Add spaghetti sauce to beef and stir.
  • Take 9x13 pan and grease with olive or coconut oil.
  • Add squash and tomato mixture to bottom of pan and cover –only use about half.
  • Put about half of the sauce and beef mixture covering the squash.
  • Spoon cottage cheese over beef mixture spreading out to cover.
  • Spread out Italian blend cheese over cottage cheese.
  • Put remaining spaghetti squash over cheese – covering completely.
  • Put remaining sauce and beef mixture over the squash –covering completely.
  • Cover sauce with parmesan cheese, season to your liking with basil and oregano.

Notes

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour, take out of oven and let sit for 30-40 minutes to cool and solidify before cutting and serving.