Baked Creamy Spaghetti Squash with Turkey

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Ingredients Minutes Calories
Prep Cook Servings
20 min 50 min 6
Baked Creamy Spaghetti Squash with Turkey
Health Highlights

Ingredients


1 squash Spaghetti squash (halved lengthwise)
1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch Salt and pepper
454 gm Ground turkey, extra lean
1/2 cup White mushrooms (sliced)
2 cup Baby spinach (packed)
1/2 cup Almond milk, unsweetened (can sub with any nut milk, for sauce)
1/4 cup Pine nuts, dried (can sub with cashews, for sauce)
1/4 cup Hemp seeds, shelled (for sauce)
1 tbsp Garlic powder (for sauce)
3 tbsp Nutritional yeast (for sauce)

Instructions


  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and prepare a baking sheet.
  2. Cut spaghetti squash in half, lengthwise. Place on the baking sheet (face down) and drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
  3. Bake squash for 30 minutes. Carefully use a fork to scrape out/ fluff the stringy flesh (do not remove from squash).
  4. Meanwhile, in a saucepan over medium heat, saute the ground turkey, chopped mushrooms, and baby spinach until the turkey is cooked through. Season with salt and pepper. 
  5. To make the cream sauce, place the almond milk, pine nuts, hemp hearts, garlic powder, and nutritional yeast in a food processor or high-power blender. Pulse until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
  6. Evenly spoon the ground turkey mixture over the fluffed spaghetti squash halves.
  7. Top with cream sauce and bake in the oven for another 15 minutes.

Notes:

Nutritional Highlight:

Squash is a vegetable that is abundant in vitamin A, B6, and folate.


Nutrition Facts

Per Portion

Calories 357
Calories from fat 142
Calories from saturated fat 12.2
Total Fat 15.8 g
Saturated Fat 1.4 g
Trans Fat 0.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3.2 g
Monounsaturated Fat 3.5 g
Cholesterol 37 mg
Sodium 155 mg
Potassium 827 mg
Total Carbohydrate 26.5 g
Dietary Fiber 5.5 g
Sugars 0.6 g
Protein 30 g

Dietary servings

Per Portion


Meat 0.8
Meat Alternative 0.7
Vegetables 6.1

Energy sources


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Meal Type(s)

Lunch
Main




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