WIAW – Baked Mac & Cheese Spaghetti Squash

Happy Wednesday! Is this week going superrrr slow for anyone else? I think my mind is on sunshine and the spa..but I still have 2 weeks to go before that can happen. So for now it’s WIAW – and I have an amazing recipe for you at the end Here we go!

Breakfast: Still obsessed with Holly’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Baked Oatmeal.

Snack: Apple + PB2

Lunch: Egg White Salad + Pita Chips

Snack: Think Thin Brownie Crunch Bar

Dinner: Baked Mac & Cheese Spaghetti Squash

Dessert: Vanilla Chobani Chunk

My favorite meal of the day was definitely the Spaghetti Squash Mac & Cheese! I kinda sorta ate the entire dish by myself in 3 seatings. Whoops!

Baked Mac & Cheese Spaghetti Squash

Ingredients

• 6 cups cooked spaghetti squash
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp earth balance (vegan butter – or use regular butter. I wanted to lighten the recipe)
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 2 cups unsweetened original almond milk
• 1 cup low sodium vegetable broth
• 1 cup Low Moisture Park Skim shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Salt & Pepper
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• Roasted Asparagus (1 lb)
• 1/8 cup grated parmesan
• 1/4 cup panko
• Olive Oil cooking spray

Directions

• Bake your spaghetti squash. See tutorial here.
• Break your asparagus into 1 inch pieces and roast for 7 minutes (375 degrees, olive oil, salt & pepper – 7 minutes)
• Spray a 9×13 baking dish with Olive Oil spray. Preheat oven to 375° (should be heated from asparagus & spaghetti squash).
• In a large, heavy skillet, melt butter. Add flour and cook over low heat stirring with a whisk.
• Add milk and vegetable broth and continue whisking, raising heat to medium-high until it comes to a boil and becomes smooth and thick. Season with salt and pepper.
• Once it becomes thick, remove from heat, add mozzarella cheese and mix well until cheese is melted.
• Adjust salt and pepper to taste, add cooked spaghetti squash, smoked paprika and asparagus.
• Pour into baking dish. Top with grated parmesan cheese and panko.
• Spray a little more Olive Oil on top.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, then broil for a few minutes to get the panko golden.

Enjoy!