Spaghetti Carbonara (Paleo Style)

Spaghetti squash replaces pasta in this paleo-friendly carbonara with bacon and tomatoes.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 428 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 8 slices bacon, diced
• 1 large tomato, diced
• 4 large egg yolks
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 large spaghetti squash, halved and seeded
• 3 sprigs fresh basil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place squash, cut side up, on a baking sheet.

Step 2

Bake squash in the preheated oven until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Scoop out flesh and shred squash into strands using a fork.

Step 3

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir bacon in the hot oil until browned and cooked through, 5 to 10 minutes. Add shredded squash; cook and stir until squash is softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir tomato, salt, and pepper into squash mixture; remove skillet from heat.

Step 4

Stir egg yolks into squash mixture, without letting the egg yolks touch the skillet, until mixture is creamy. Transfer squash carbonara to a serving bowl; garnish with basil sprigs.