So honestly, you can cook pretty much any squash this way, but it's my favorite (and absolutely the easiest) way to cook spaghetti squash!
Despite the name, I don't use spaghetti squash as a replacement for pasta. I just use it as either a main or side dish in whatever I'm cooking.
INGREDIENTS:
1 medium sized spaghetti squash
2-5 Tbsps olive oil
Salt n' pepper
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Oil a baking sheet
- Cut the squash in half, lengthwise (the long way)
- Scrape out the seeds and other squashy stuff.
- you can also bake the seeds for a yummy snack! You can toss them in butter or oil and bake for about 20-25 min in your 350 F oven. Check every ten min while cooking b/c once they burn they burn fast!
- Drizzle your squash halves with olive oil and season with salt and pepper as your heart desires. I prefer to go heavy on the pepper.
- For an extra kick you can use some cayenne pepper too!
- Place your squash, cut-side down, onto the oiled baking pan.
- Place into oven and roast 35-45 min, or until tender
- you should be able to spear the squash with a fork or butter knife and meet no resistance once through the skin
- Remove from oven and let rest for 10-15 min, or until cool enough to handle
- Scrape the squash flesh out using a fork to create longish strands
