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Spaghetti Squash Pizza | Busy Girl Bites

Spaghetti Squash Pizza

Spaghetti squash, stuffed with ricotta, spinach, and Italian sausage filling, and covered in your favorite pizza toppings.  This freezer friendly meal is perfect to stay on track with low carb eating!

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 4
Author Sam @ Busy Girl Bites

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Italian Sausage (hot or sweet depending on your taste)
  • 1/2 cup pepperoni, divided (I used minis)
  • 1 green bell pepper, diced (optional)
  • 1 cup fresh spinach
  • 16 oz whole milk ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese, divided
  • 2 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 2 medium spaghetti squashes
  • 1 16 oz. jar pizza sauce
  • optional: other desired pizza toppings

Instructions

Roast Squash

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.  Line a baking sheet with foil and drizzle with olive oil

  2. Slice each squash in half lengthwise.  Scoop out seeds, sprinkle with salt and pepper, place skin side up on the prepared baking sheet.  Bake 30-35 minutes or until tender.

Make Filling

  1. Saute Italian sausage over medium heat until browned and cooked through.  Drain fat and set aside.  Wipe out the pan and saute spinach until wilted.  Season spinach with salt and pepper.

  2. In a medium sized bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup pepperoni, cooked Italian sausage, 1/2 of the diced green pepper, 1/4 cup mozzarella, and spinach.  

Assemble Pizzas

  1. Carefully flip squashes so they are skin side down.  Spread 1-2 spoonfuls of pizza sauce in the opening, then place ~1/4 cup of ricotta mixture in the wells.  Add another layer of pizza sauce, then top with remaining mozzarella cheese and any desired toppings.

Freeze Pizzas

  1. To freeze, let pizzas cool to room temperature for ~1 hour, then wrap completely in foil and place in the fridge overnight.  Place foil wrapped pizzas in a gallon size ziplock bag and freeze.

Serve Pizzas

  1. Thaw pizzas overnight in the fridge.  Bake at 400°F ~20 minutes wrapped in foil, then ~20 minutes uncovered or until cheese is hot and bubbly.  Top with other pizza toppings like fresh basil, pepper flakes, or parmesan cheese.

Recipe Notes

This recipe can easily be modified to vegetarian by subbing in mushrooms for the Italian sausage.  Enjoy!