Skinny Alfredo Spaghetti Squash

Hey guys,
Today I'm bringing you an amazing recipe! Now, I've had spaghetti squash before and its really good. I love it with a little bit of marinara sauce but today its an Alfredo recipe! I found this recipe on pinterest! The original post is from a blog called the Comfort of cooking. I haven't actually looked at it much yet but if her other posts are like this one I know I'll like it!

Ingredients:

1 medium-sized spaghetti squash
1 Tablespoon butter
3 cloves of garlic, finely minced
2 Tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cups milk(I used fat-free)
1 Tablespoon cream cheese or Neufchatel cheese
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus 2 Tablespoons extra for topping
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Crushed red pepper flakes and fresh parsley, for optional garnish

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
First, prep the squash. Cut spaghetti squash in half using a large sharp knife, scoop out the seeds and place cut side down on a rimmed baking sheet covered with water. Bake until tender, about an hour.
As an alternate way of baking: Poke a few holes deep into the whole squash with a paring knife. Bake for 60 minutes, remove from the oven and let rest for 10 to 20 minutes before slicing in half with a large serrated knife. Scoop out the seedy inside leaving the spaghetti strands.
Once squash is cooked, use a fork to gently scrape the “spaghetti” strands into the center.
For the sauce, melt butter in a small pot over medium-low heat. Once hot, add garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes. Whisk in flour, cooking for another minute while stirring. Whisk in milk until no lumps remain. Once hot, add cream cheese and stir until smooth. Remove from the heat. Stir in Parmesan, salt and pepper.
Spoon sauce equally into each spaghetti squash half. Gently pull up the spaghetti strands to coat as much as possible with the sauce. Top with extra Parmesan and place under the broiler of your oven for 2-3 minutes, or until golden and bubbly.
Top each half with a pinch of red pepper flakes and fresh chopped parsley, if desired. Serve hot.

Be careful when you take the spaghetti squash off the pans... It will be very hot and I almost burnt myself.

I loved this recipe and I can't wait until winter to make this again. It seemed like the perfect winter recipe. The only problem is I couldn't eat it all! Haha! I liked that it had a homemade Alfredo sauce. It added a lot more flavor and you know exactly what goes in it! Although in weird, I added maybe a teaspoon of pepper. I'm a pepper kind of girl!

since the month is over half way I thought I'd update you on how my month is going. So far I haven't touched meat in 22 days! I'm so proud that I have almost made it! My roommate even made tacos for us to celebrate our half month mark! I almost failed when I went out to eat the other day. I ordered a grilled cheese and they put bacon one it! Who puts bacon on a grilled cheese? Anyway they replaced it for me and it was super yummy! With work I'm okay. Its a bit hard when I want to try something but it has meat in it so I don't. I feel so bad when a costumer asks how it tastes and I have to explain that I'm currently not eating meat. Most are happy to take a taste though! I haven't decided if I'm going to completely change to a veggie diet but I also don't know if i want to go back to eating meat. Its a hard choice.
well that's it for now,
Lil' Char!