Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Asparagus and Goat Cheese

This hearty alternative to pasta uses roasted spaghetti squash as 'noodles' and tops them goat cheese and sauteed asparagus.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 367 Calories

Ingredients

• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• cooking spray
• 2 ounces goat cheese
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme
• 1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed
• 1 bunch fresh asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 (2 1/2 pound) spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
• 0.5 cup vegetable broth
• 0.25 Spanish onion, diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Step 2

Spray spaghetti squash with cooking spray and season with salt and pepper. Place squash, cut-side down, on the prepared baking sheet.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes.

Step 4

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onion in hot oil until just starting to turn translucent, about 5 minutes. Add asparagus to onion and continue to saute until onion is tender, 5 minutes more. Stir garlic into onion mixture; saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove onion mixture to a plate.

Step 5

Pour vegetable broth into skillet with spaghetti squash; bring broth to a simmer and cook until mostly reduced, about 2 minutes. Stir onion mixture and goat cheese into spaghetti squash until cheese is melted, about 1 minute. Add basil and thyme. Season with salt and ground black pepper to taste.

Step 6

Return skillet to heat. Scrape spaghetti squash flesh from skin using a fork to create 'noodles'; stir noodles into hot skillet and saute until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.