Creamy Spaghetti Squash- Paleo & Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 spaghetti squash
- 3/4 cup raw cashews or almonds
- 1/2 red pepper, diced
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 1/2 large avocado
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- handful fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 cup frozen peas
- sea salt to taste
- 1 tbsp olive oil for onions and peppers
Directions
- Soak cashews or almonds in a bowl of water for a few hours.
- Cut squash in half and remove seeds
- Place face down in an oven proof dish with a little water in the bottom of the pan and bake 375F for 30 minutes.
- Scrape squash into a bowl
- Drain and rinse nuts. Place in your blender or Vitamix. If you are using a blender you may wish to blend your nuts first a bit
- Add in avocado, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and salt. Blend until creamy. You may need to add a bit more olive oil depending on how moist your avocado is
- In a frying pan cook onions and peppers in a little olive oil until starting to brown
- Bring peas to a boil and turn off
- Pour avocado mixture in with squash and mix well.
- Top with onions, red peppers and cooked peas
- Sprinkle parsley on top
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This looks so good and since I am Vegan it is a perfect recipe for me to try