Food Babe’s Spaghetti Squash Casserole
 
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Serves: 6 - 8
Ingredients
  • 1 large spaghetti squash
  • 1 cup dry quinoa
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • olive oil for spraying
  • 1 and ½ cups water
  • 5 leaves fresh sage minced finely or ½ tsp dried
  • ⅛ cup spelt or whole wheat flour
  • ½ tsp olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • ¼ tsp tumeric
  • ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
  • fresh ground pepper
  • ⅓ cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp yellow mustard
Instructions
  1. Topping:
  2. Make quinoa according to package instructions with vegetable broth instead of water
  3. Spaghetti Squash:
  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  5. Slice spaghetti squash in half and remove all seeds with spoon
  6. Place spaghetti squash face down on large baking sheet, add ½ cup water and cover with foil
  7. Cook spaghetti squash for 45 mins
  8. Once cooked, take a fork and scrap out inside of squash into a large baking dish
  9. Cheese Sauce:
  10. Combine water, flour, ground pepper, red pepper flakes, turmeric, nutritional yeast and mix together to combine and set aside
  11. Heat a pan on medium heat, add olive oil to heat
  12. Sautee garlic for 2-3 mins, making sure not to burn
  13. Add sage and cook lightly until fragrant
  14. Next add the liquid flour & spice mixture to the pan. The mixture should begin to bubble and start to thicken, if not – increase heat
  15. Allow sauce to bubble for about 2-3 mins, and then add lemon juice and mustard and cook another 2 mins
  16. Assembly of Casserole:
  17. Pour cheese sauce evenly over squash in baking dish
  18. Top with quinoa and lightly spray with olive oil
  19. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 mins and broil on high for last 5-10 mins to brown the top
Notes
Makes approximately 6-8 servings. Great as a main dish or side dish for Thanksgiving! Also – this recipe can be made ahead and baked later (for 30-40 mins instead) – A huge time saver! *Cheese Sauce adapted from “Veganomican – The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook” ***Please buy all organic ingredients if possible***
Recipe by Food Babe at https://foodbabe.com/spaghetti-squash-casserole-a-vegan-thanksgiving-dish/