Creamed Spinach with Roasted Spaghetti Squash
Ingredients
- 1 16oz Bag Fresh Spinach
- 1 whole Spaghetti Squash
- 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
- 2/3 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- 1/2 large Onion
- 1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
- 2 tbsp. Olive Oil
- 1/4 tsp. Salt
- 1/4 tsp. Granulated garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. Cracked Black Pepper
- 1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
- 1/4 tsp. Melted Unsalted Butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Slice spaghetti squash with a heavy duty knife lengthwise
- Scoop out seeds from spaghetti squash
- Brush spaghetti squash with olive oil on the inside only.
- Sprinkle squash with salt and pepper to taste.
- Turn spaghetti squash cut side down on lined baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees until tender.
- To check if the squash is cooked, turn one slice face up and pierce with a fork. If the squash is fork tender, it is cooked.
- Remove squash from oven and allow to cool completely. Once the spaghetti squash cools off completely, use a fork to rake up the flesh. You'll note it looks just like spaghetti, thus it's name.
- Dice onions. I like mine cut chunky but you can cut your slices smaller if you choose.
- In large saute pan on medium heat, sprinkle pan with a little olive oil. Add onion and saute until almost tender and translucent.
- When the onion is almost cooked, add fresh spinach to the same pan the onion is cooking in. You may need to add spinach slowly because it takes up so much space in the pan. Once the spinach cooks down a bit, you can add remaining spinach.
- Sprinkle the spinach with salt, garlic powder and fresh cracked black pepper. Mix the spinach until it cooks down completely.
- Lower heat slightly and add heavy cream to cooked spinach.
- Sprinkle nutmeg into spinach mixture.
- Place heat at it's lowest setting and sprinkle in grated parmesan cheese. Note if your heat is too high, the parm will get stringy.
- Add the spaghetti squash to the spinach mixture and gently toss to combine.
- Pour the spinach and spaghetti squash mixture into a oven safe baking dish.
- Melt butter in microwave and mix in panko breadcrumbs. You can also add in a little parmesan cheese to the panko mix if you'd like.
- Sprinkle panko mix over the entire creamed spinach and spaghetti squash dish.
- Place baking dish in 350 degree oven and bake until golden brown.
Notes
Cooking with parmesan cheese is easy but you always need to be mindful of your cooking temperature. If the cheese get hot too quickly, it will turn into a stringy mess. So once you begin to add in your parm, make sure you have the temperature down to a low cooking temperature for best results.