Spaghetti Squash with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce

  4.0 – 15 reviews  • Spaghetti Squash

Greek yogurt-based pumpkin sauce paired with spaghetti squash. For a healthier option, it can be made with low-fat cheese and non-fat Greek yogurt!

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  1. cooking spray
  2. 1 spaghetti squash, halved and seeded
  3. ¼ cup butter
  4. 1 shallot, chopped
  5. 2 cloves garlic, minced
  6. ½ (14.5 ounce) can pumpkin puree
  7. 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  8. ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  9. 1 teaspoon white truffle oil
  10. salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
  2. Place the squash halves cut-side down onto the prepared baking sheet.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until the squash skin is easily pierced with a fork, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Once the squash is cool enough to handle, shred squash flesh from rind using a fork; set aside in a large bowl.
  4. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the shallot and garlic in the hot butter until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir the pumpkin puree, Greek yogurt, and Parmesan cheese with the shallot and garlic until well combined; cook until hot. Remove from heat and scrape the sauce into the bowl with the squash. Drizzle with the truffle oil; season with salt and pepper.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 188 kcal
Carbohydrate 14 g
Cholesterol 31 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 5 g
Saturated Fat 7 g
Sodium 231 mg
Sugars 3 g
Fat 14 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Jeff Yu
This was really good. I did skip the truffle oil, and used a mix of other white cheeses as I’m not a fan of Parmesan. But easy and delicious, a very different flavor. I’m a huge pumpkin fan and always looking for new non-sweet uses. Non-fat plain yogurt worked well for this.
Laura Higgins
Super easy to make, super tasty and decadent. Forgot to add the truffle oil at first…really rounded out the flavor profiles once we drizzled a tiny bit on each of our plates…also grated a little extra Parmesan cheese on top and served with broiled bacon wrapped scallops. Yum. My husband thought it looked “funny” but then practically licked his plate clean no more than 5 minutes later. It was THAT. GOOD.
Mariah Cohen
This was only okay. I havled the recipe to make with 1/2 of a spaghetti squash . To me this dish needs something other then salt and pepper..perhaps some Italian seasonings or something else savoury.
Ian Kirby
I didn’t have any truffle oil, and I used regular onion instead of a shallot, but everything else was the same. This is the first time I’ve made spaghetti squash and it was a success!
Tanya Boone
A meal to impress. I loved it except the garlic was way too overpowering. I plan on making it again except using half the called for amount. I used a full can of pumpkin hoping to dilute it some but it was still too heavy with it. That being said, it was still good and I plan on saving this recipe to make again. Thank you for sharing it!
Stanley Dixon
I was very pleased with how this recipe turned out. I love pumpkin and glad I finally got around to making this. I did use a butter/olive oil mix for the shallot and garlic and added extra garlic-I always add extra garlic! I also substituted goat cheese for the Parmesan cheese to give it a little more creamier texture and flavor.
Brittany Phillips
This was a nice Fall dish and very enjoyable. I added smoked paprika, since it wanted a little spice for our palates. Also, served with fried tofu as the main course, but would make a delightful side dish as well. I put the whole can of the pumpkin in and was generous with the yogurt and parmie, too. Also, I didn’t have truffle oil, but it was still tasty.
Haley Oconnor
Prefect for broccoli, but when I used it for macaroni, it came out a little mellow for my family’s taste. Did away with the wine, mustard seed, and paprika. Upped the salt to one table spoon and added a cup of cheese. Extra points for the recipe being so flexible!
Allison Vega
I only used half of the called for yogurt and pumpkin and it was still too much, they drowned out all flavor of the squash. Overall pretty flavorless unless you add more salt and cheese. I won’t be trying this again.
Robert Torres
I brought this to a potluck and it was gobbled up with requests for the recipe. I didn’t have shallots so I substituted 2 tbls. of finely chopped sweet onion. I also browned the butter which adds a nice flavor. No truffle oil on hand. I will definitely make again for a crowd – I liked it as a side dish.
Edward Rangel
Excellent recipe! The Truffle oil gives it a real kick. I also decided to “bake it” into a casserole type dish, to fool the kids. After pouring the sauce over the squash, I added breadcrumbs and some more cheese and popped it into the oven. 350 for about 10 minutes. It was a big hit with a nice green salad on the side. Next time I will drain the squash a little better (I baked them the night before — I used olive oil to grease the baking sheet instead of spray) and let it back a little longer.
Jose Valencia
I Lalalalalalalalove this! Yay. I think what made it so yummy was cooking the garlic until it was golden to the point of almost brown. It was browned in places, and I had to use red onion because I am out of shallots. I cooked them both together, and used about 2-3 tbsp of the chopped onion. I added 1/4 c of parm to the mix. I salted the squash with No Salt, it works as good as salt and better for me, before adding the mixture on top of the squash. Topped it with a little more parm. I placed the squash and pumpkin mixture back into the shell of the spaghetti squash and baked it a little more until the cheese was melted. After it came out I grated a lil bit of nutmeg on top. Black pepper would be good too. But this is so good! Nutty and the rigth kind of creamy. Thank you. The rest of you gotta try it.
Robert Powell
Really liked it. It’s hearty comfort food without being really heavy. I didn’t have truffle oil and it tasted just fine.
Richard Green
Love, love. I had so many spaghetti squash from my garden this fall that I tried nearly every recipe and this is the first one I’m making for the second time!
Mary Booker
I’m sorry to say I didn’t like this recipe, and I was sorely disappointed because it has such great ingredients. I like spaghetti squash plain, so I was really excited to try it dressed up, and I’ve tried GREAT recipes before, but this recipe didn’t taste good to me. Sorry that I wasted money on ingredients I wont even be able to eat now.

 

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