Ingredients: • 1 pound pasta (of your choice, gluten free works well with this recipe) • 2 small acorn squash • 2 Tbsp olive oil • 1 medium onion • 1/3 cup fresh basil — washed and chopped • 1 tsp salt • 1 Tbsp coconut oil • 1 cup soft goat cheese • 1 - 2 Tbsp rice milk (original and unsweetened) Please note: the last 3 ingredients can be replaced with one cup of heavy cream if cow dairy is not a concern for your family Instructions: • Cut squash in half and onions is quarters, drizzle with olive oil • Place squash cut side down in a baking dish, surround with the onions and cover with aluminum foil • Bake at 400o for 30 - 40 min or until the squash is tender • Cook the pasta according to package directions • In a small sauce pan melt coconut oil, add goat cheese and allow to melt — stirring consistently • Add rice milk until desired consistency •
Remove the squash flesh from the skin and place the flesh in the food processor with the onion, salt and basil — puree until smooth • Slowly add the melted goat cheese mixture while continuing to puree until you have a smooth sauce • Toss the squash / cheese mixture with the pasta and serve this delicious healthy kids meal
Remove squash flesh from the skin.
Not exact matches
After you've fully
removed the guts from the
squash, use a fork to poke a few holes in the
flesh.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, cut Kabocha
squash in half,
remove seeds, spray baking sheet with cooking spray and cook each side,
flesh down, for 40 - 45 minutes or until
flesh is fully cooked and very soft.
i cut the
squash in 4,
removed the seeds and steamed it for 15 minutes, i then scraped the
flesh off the skin and then boiled it in half water half chicken broth with the 2 sliced pears for 10 more minutes.
Some
squashes have more
flesh to
remove than others, once the seeds are gone.
Remove from oven and allow squash to cool a bit, then use a fork to remove the
Remove from oven and allow
squash to cool a bit, then use a fork to
remove the
remove the
flesh.
Once the spaghetti
squash is done,
remove from the oven and scoop out the
flesh.
Remove squash from oven and rake a fork across the
flesh to create spaghetti - like noodles.
Slice the
squash with a sharp knife,
remove the seeds and scoop the
flesh from the skin, measuring 6 cups.
Remove the
flesh from the
squash with a spoon.
Once
squash has been
removed from the oven and slightly cooled, scoop out the roasted
flesh and transfer into the simmering soup base.
After
squash cools, scrape
squash with a fork to
remove flesh in long strands and transfer to a bowl.
Remove from oven, turn
squash pieces cut side up and scoop out the soft cooked
flesh.
Remove, cool, scoop out the
flesh and puree in a food processor until smooth — depending on the
squash this can take a few minutes.