Okay all, I must confess spaghetti squash is my new FAVORITE vegetable! My husband was given one by an aquantance, so I had to 1. learn what hell a spaghetti sqaush was and 2. what the hell to do with it! The stuff is seriously just like spaghetti with a fraction of the calories and 10 times the nutritional value! It is so fabulous! Anyway, I made a spaghetti squash pesto casserole and spaghetti squash ole casserole. Needless to say I have been eating spaghetti squash for lunch and dinner for about a week now...... YUM YUM!Spaghetti Squash Pesto Bake
1 spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
1 block silken tofu
1/4 cup soy milk
1/4 cup vegetable stock (i used mushroom stock)
3-4 tablespoons (to taste) vegan pesto (see awesome and lowfat vegan pesto recipe)
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
2 tbsp red wine or sherry
3 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
black pepper to taste
1 (15 ounce) can black olives, chopped
1 cup shredded vegan melty mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup vegan parmasean cheese
mushrooms
articoke hearts
Tempeh sausage (optional - see vegan tempeh sausage recipe)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with a thin layer of cooking spray. Place squash halves cut side down on the baking sheet.
2. Bake squash 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife can be easily inserted. Remove from oven, and cool. Cut open and remove squash strands with a fork.
3. Meanwhile, place silken tofu, pesto, soy milk, vegetable stock, onion, garlic, sherry, red pepper and black pepper in a food processor.
4. In a large bowl, stir spaghetti squash with pesto creamy sauce until evenly coated. Stir in stewed tomatoes.
5. In a casserole pan, layer pesto spaghetti squash strands, olives, mushrooms, articoke hearts, and vegan melty mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers until casserole dish is full, or until all of the ingredients are used. Top with vegan Parmesan cheese.
6. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheese melts.
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