Spaghetti Squash w/ Chicken
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 299.6
- Total Fat: 14.4 g
- Cholesterol: 45.1 mg
- Sodium: 712.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 21.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 5.6 g
- Protein: 24.3 g
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Introduction
A bowl full of deliciousness!!! I couldn't get enough of it!! (well, I forced myself to get enough of it...eating 3 bowls of something healthy doesn't exactly make it healthy haha)Please excuse my terrible picture, this dish really is delicious! A bowl full of deliciousness!!! I couldn't get enough of it!! (well, I forced myself to get enough of it...eating 3 bowls of something healthy doesn't exactly make it healthy haha)
Please excuse my terrible picture, this dish really is delicious!
Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
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- 1 Spaghetti Squash (approx 10-12" height, 6" width)
- 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 cups Zucchini, halved then sliced
- 2 cups mushrooms, chopped
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large tomato, diced
- 1 small can black olives, sliced - drained
- 2 tbsp Basil, fresh - slivered (approx 5 leaves)
- 2 cups Chicken Breast, chopped (no skin, no bone)
- 1 5oz container of Athenos Reduced Fat Feta Cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Cut Spaghetti Squash in half lengthwise, scrape out seeds, and place squash on any kind of baking dish cut-side down (rind up). It helps to poke holes in the rind like you would do for a baked potato. Pour a tiny bit of water into the baking pan so there’s about a ¼“ of water. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes. (You should be able to stick a sharp knife through the rind without much effort, or poke it with your finger and an imprint will remain. However, you don’t want it to be mushy. Check at 30 minutes, if it is still too hard, leave it for another 10 minutes and check again).
Put Chicken Breast on baking sheet, sprinkled with Lemon Pepper. Bake in oven with the squash until mostly cooked. Take out when there’s only slight pink in the middle (will finish cooking later). I didn’t put a time on the chicken because I used frozen breasts, which take 30-40 minutes. Fresh chicken will take less time.
While Squash and chicken are baking, prep your vegetables.
Put oil and onions in a skillet and cook on medium to med-high until onions are soft. Add garlic and cook another minute or two. Add Zucchini/Yellow Squash and mushrooms and cook until soft (approx 5 minutes).
When chicken is mostly cooked, take out and chop chicken into bite size pieces. Put chicken and any juices from cutting into the skillet with the vegetables. Allow chicken to finish cooking (I put a lid on the skillet in between stirring). Let sit on low heat.
When Squash is finished cooking, on a cutting board, flip the squash over rind-side down. Use a fork and scrape down the length of the squash. The squash will shred and look like spaghetti. Your Squash should make between 3 and 4 cups of “spaghetti”. Put shreds into a large bowl and add the feta cheese to it (no need to mix yet)
Back to the skillet, put the heat back to med-high and mix in the remaining ingredients: tomatoes, olives, basil, salt, pepper. Stir for a few minutes or until everything is heated.
Dump entire skillet contents into bowl with squash and feta. Use tongs to mix everything thoroughly then serve. This mixture will make 4 healthy servings.
Serving Size: Makes 4 2-cup servings
Cut Spaghetti Squash in half lengthwise, scrape out seeds, and place squash on any kind of baking dish cut-side down (rind up). It helps to poke holes in the rind like you would do for a baked potato. Pour a tiny bit of water into the baking pan so there’s about a ¼“ of water. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes. (You should be able to stick a sharp knife through the rind without much effort, or poke it with your finger and an imprint will remain. However, you don’t want it to be mushy. Check at 30 minutes, if it is still too hard, leave it for another 10 minutes and check again).
Put Chicken Breast on baking sheet, sprinkled with Lemon Pepper. Bake in oven with the squash until mostly cooked. Take out when there’s only slight pink in the middle (will finish cooking later). I didn’t put a time on the chicken because I used frozen breasts, which take 30-40 minutes. Fresh chicken will take less time.
While Squash and chicken are baking, prep your vegetables.
Put oil and onions in a skillet and cook on medium to med-high until onions are soft. Add garlic and cook another minute or two. Add Zucchini/Yellow Squash and mushrooms and cook until soft (approx 5 minutes).
When chicken is mostly cooked, take out and chop chicken into bite size pieces. Put chicken and any juices from cutting into the skillet with the vegetables. Allow chicken to finish cooking (I put a lid on the skillet in between stirring). Let sit on low heat.
When Squash is finished cooking, on a cutting board, flip the squash over rind-side down. Use a fork and scrape down the length of the squash. The squash will shred and look like spaghetti. Your Squash should make between 3 and 4 cups of “spaghetti”. Put shreds into a large bowl and add the feta cheese to it (no need to mix yet)
Back to the skillet, put the heat back to med-high and mix in the remaining ingredients: tomatoes, olives, basil, salt, pepper. Stir for a few minutes or until everything is heated.
Dump entire skillet contents into bowl with squash and feta. Use tongs to mix everything thoroughly then serve. This mixture will make 4 healthy servings.
Serving Size: Makes 4 2-cup servings