Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Almost Completely Paleo Spaghetti Squash Pizza Casserole (Broadway Chef Creation the Third)

Don't hate on the plating design but my word this is delicious! And yes the few sprinkles of cheese I put on top and the few slices of pepperoni are not quite #paleo but the majority of the recipe is! SO good.


Post Script: Admittedly I can't take full credit for this piece of culinary genius, a good friend of mine sent me the link to something very similar that got me thinking, so I took the basic idea and made it my own here's what I did:

The Recipe (as usual all organic):

Spaghetti Squash Fully Cooked
Tomato Sauce
Ground Pork Sausage (note: you have to be careful when picking out ground sausage because often times there's a lot of added crap the one I used that did not have any of the said added crap was Farmland Mild Pork Sausage)
Garlic Granules
Real Salt
Onion Granules
Tomatoes
The tiniest bit of cheese
and Just a few slices of Pepperoni (these last two ingredients were used minimally just enough to give it a more pizza-y taste)

What to do:
I just stabbed the crap out of the spaghetti squash and cooked it in the microwave for about 15 minutes (a lot quicker than baking it for 30-40 minutes), while the squash was cooking I cooked up the ground pork sausage in a skillet, then added the tomato sauce, onion, real salt and garlic. I let this simmer for a few whilst I cut the ends off the spaghetti squash, cleaned out the seeds and used a fork to scrape out the flesh. I put a layer of spaghetti squash on the bottom of the casserole dish, put a layer of the sausage and tomato sauce, then I put another layer of spaghetti squash and topped it off with the rest of the sausage and sauce mixture. I then topped this with the tiniest bit of cheese, a few pieces of pepperoni, the tomato slices and baked in the oven for 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool and serve.

The verdict:
Talk about almost PaleOmNomNom!! It was fantastic, even the other two Whovians absolutely loved it! This is definitely something that's going on the menu, and honestly the added teeny bit of cheese and pepperoni was delicious but you really don't even need them to give it the delicious pizza-y taste that is has, so next time I'm not even going to worry about adding them and with them omitted this will truly be a 100% Paleo meal, that I will definitely make again and again!!!

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