properly prepared spaghetti squash

🥘 Ingredients

• • spaghetti squash
• • garlic
• • salt
• • pepper
• • olive oil
• • vegetable oil
• • vegetables

📝 Instructions

1. 1 preheat oven to 350-375
2. 2 halve raw spaghetti squash with a sturdy sharp knife , scoop out , and discard the squash poop with a spoon
3. 3 place halves onto an oven safe cooking dish face up
4. 4 clean head of garlic and thinly slice garlic ,
5. 5 spread garlic into the bowl like shape of the squash , salt and pepper vigorously , drizzle with a 50 / 50 mixture of olive oil , and vegetable oil
6. 6 place onto the upper middle rack of the oven for about 30-40 minutes
7. 7 remove from oven , and place in coldest location possible for at least 20 minutes , before separating from skin
8. 8 use a fork to scoop and separate squash strands , add any other ingredients you like at this point
9. 9 parmesan , romano , or pecorino , feta , are all excellent additions to this dish , as well as , meat , sausage , veggies , olives , the list is endless
10. 10 warning if you use a loose tomato based sauce do not add it immediately to the squash
11. 11 this makes the squash runny , mushy , and unpalatable
12. 12 instead garnish the dish with a little bit of sauce atop the squash , and then offer more sauce on the side , in a separate dish
13. 13 if you ever had it served this way you know what i mean
14. 14 you can also take any leftovers and add a little bit of flour , and make into patties and fry