Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, crockpot spaghetti squash & meatballs. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Crockpot Spaghetti Squash & Meatballs is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Crockpot Spaghetti Squash & Meatballs is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have crockpot spaghetti squash & meatballs using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Crockpot Spaghetti Squash & Meatballs:
- Get 1 medium spaghetti squash
- Prepare 1 lb ground Italian sausage
- Make ready 1 can of tomato sauce, I used a 14 ounce can
- Take 2 tbsp hot pepper relish (optional)
- Get 5 clove garlic, whole
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Take 1 Italian seasoning (Oregano, Basil, Thyme) to taste, I used about 2 tsp
Steps to make Crockpot Spaghetti Squash & Meatballs:
- Make sure you use a large 6 quart slow cooker for this recipe.
- Dump your tomato sauce, olive oil, garlic, hot pepper relish and Italian seasoning into your slow cooker and stir well.
- Cut your squash in half and scoop out the seeds.
- Place your 2 squash halves face down into your slow cooker.
- Roll your ground sausage into meatballs, then fit as many as you can in the sauce around the squash.
- Cook on High for 3 hours or cook on low for 5 hours.
- Use a large fork to pull the “spaghetti” out of your squash, then top with your meatballs and sauce.
- Garnish with parsley.
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