Italian turkey & spaghetti squash pie
3
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 18 min • Prep: 18 min • Cook: 1 hr • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
Cooked spaghetti squash makes an excellent substitute for regular pasta. It's filling comfort food, and kids will love it, too.


Ingredients
Spaghetti squash
1 medium
Uncooked 99% fat-free ground turkey breast
½ pound(s)
Olive oil
2 tsp(s)
Onion
1 small, chopped
Garlic
1 clove(s), large, minced
Canned diced tomatoes
29 oz, undrained
Italian seasoning
1 tsp(s), dried, or more to taste
Part-skim ricotta cheese
6 oz
Raw egg
1 large
Cooking spray
4 spray(s), (5 one-second sprays per serving), nonstick
Shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
½ cup(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Halve squash lengthwise; scoop out seeds. Place squash, cut sides down, in a large baking dish and prick skin all over with a fork. Bake until tender, about 30 to 40 minutes.
2
Meanwhile, cook turkey in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until brown, about 5 minutes. Drain, remove from skillet and set aside.
3
In same skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and stir-fry for 5 minutes, or until tender. Stir in diced tomatoes and Italian seasoning; bring to boil. Reduce heat; add cooked turkey and simmer uncovered, 5 minutes, or until desired consistency, stirring often.
4
Place ricotta cheese and egg in food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
5
Coat a 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray. Remove squash from oven and increase oven temperature to 375ºF.
6
Using a fork, carefully rake stringy squash pulp from shell, separating it into strands that look like spaghetti. Arrange spaghetti squash strands in bottom and up sides of pie plate to form a crust.
7
Add ricotta cheese mixture and gently spread over squash. Pour tomato-turkey sauce over cheese mixture and sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes before slicing into 6 pieces.
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