Baked Spaghetti Squash Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 1/4 lbs spaghetti squash, medium
• 12 ounces italian sausage, ground
• 1 1/2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 green bell peppers or 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/3 cup onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 1/4 ounces olives, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried italian seasoning, crushed
• 1 1/2 cups red pasta sauce
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 halve squash crosswise; remove seeds.
• 2 place cut sides down in a 2 qt rectangular baking dish, add 1/4 c water, cover with ventilated plastic wrap and microwave on high for 10-15 minutes or until squash separates when pierced with a fork. rearrange once for even baking. do not over cook squash or it will be mushy.
• 3 in a large skillet cook sausage, mushrooms, pepper, onion and garlic over med heat until sausage is no longer pink; drain fat.
• 4 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 5 scape pulp from squash (about 3 c) wipe out baking dish and coat with nonstick spray.
• 6 spread half the squash in dish, add half the sausage mixture and half the olives.
• 7 sprinkle with seasoning and 1/8 tsp pepper.
• 8 top with half the sauce and half the cheese.
• 9 top with remaining squash, sausage, olives and sauce.
• 10 bake for 30 min, sprinkle with remaining cheese, bake for 5 more min or until cheese is melted.
• 11 let stand 10 minutes before serving.