- 1 whole spaghetti squash
- 1 pound grass-fed ground beef (85% lean)
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon dried Italian seasoning (see note below recipe for a homemade recipe for Italian seasoning)
- Ghee for frying (or coconut oil)
- 1 26-30 ounce jar organic tomato sauce (no sugar added)
- ¾ cup grass-fed cheese, shredded (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 375°F, and pour ½ cup water into a 9x13 baking dish.
- Cut the spaghetti squash in half lengthwise, and scrape out the seeds.
- Place squash, flesh side down, in the baking dish, and roast in the oven until just tender, about 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool, and then rake a fork back and forth across the inside of the squash halves to remove the strands into a large bowl.
- While squash is baking, peel and dice 1 yellow onion and mince 2 garlic cloves. Add to a large mixing bowl.
- Add 1 pound ground beef, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon coconut flour, ½ teaspoon sea salt, and 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning. Use clean hands to mix everything together.
- Shape meat mixture into golf ball-size meatballs—it should make about 14.
- Grease a large skillet with ghee or coconut oil, and heat over medium. Cook meatballs, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
- Add spaghetti squash strands to the 9x13 baking dish, add meatballs, and pour marinara sauce over the meatballs. Cover with foil and bake 10 minutes.
- Remove foil, sprinkle ½ cup shredded cheese over the top, and continue to bake, uncovered, for 10 more minutes. (note: if you’re not using cheese, simply remove foil and continue baking).
Note #2: Sometimes we like recipe is even better when it's reheated the next day (after the sauce seeps in). Double the meatball mixture to make sure you have enough for leftovers.
Spaghetti and meatballs is a classic. But we know by now that pasta made of processed wheat noodles makes us fat and sick.
A plate of regular pasta can easily pack in over 80 grams of carbs while offering little to no nutritional value…
What’s a health nut to do?
I wouldn’t survive without delicious Italian favorites like spaghetti.
Alyson and I are hard at work making comfort foods good for you again.
Here’s how we do it:
Step 1: Dump the processed flours, sugars, and icky “vegetable” oils.
Step 2: Swap in nutrient-dense real food.
I think it’s time you meet the lord of the gourds: Spaghetti Squash.
Spaghetti Squash is a healthy, low-carb substitute for pasta packed with nutrients including Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and B Vitamins. Due to its uncanny resemblance to noodles, it’s also known as vegetable spaghetti, noodle squash, and my favorite, squaghetti.
The seed of this versatile squash can be roasted and eaten like pumpkin seeds, with a bit of olive oil and sea salt (kids love them).
Don’t have any spaghetti squash? Try subbing spiralized zucchini, sweet potato, or sliced eggplant for your pasta dishes (all Wild Diet approved).
On top of that, tomatoes provide Vitamins A, C, B2 and potassium, a mineral that most of us don’t get enough of. Tomatoes are also high in the phytonutrient lycopene, which research shows can play a powerful role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, and chronic illnesses.
Tomato sauce, meatballs loaded with Italian flavors, aldente spaghetti squash, and melted mozzarella. Dinner is served!
Skip the boring plate of pasta and bread. Make this Spaghetti Squash and Meatballs instead. Click To Tweet
A spaghetti squash, a jar of sauce, a pound of meat and BAM—hunger satisfied, Italian style! You won’t even miss the noodles.
Looking for more tasty Italian dishes? Try our Chicken Parmesan. It’s a favorite in the Fat-Burning Tribe.
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What’s your favorite fat-burning Italian dish? Share your pictures and recipes in the comments!
Petey West says
August 9, 2016 at 4:12 pmLooks delicious.
I have fallen in love with my spiralizer, too.
Abel James says
August 10, 2016 at 1:27 pmThanks – spiralizers are the best!
Shannon says
August 11, 2016 at 11:29 amThis looks so yummy…just wondering about the coconut flour. The ingredient list says 1 TBSP, but the instructions say to use 2 TBSP. Can you clarify please?
Alyson says
August 17, 2016 at 2:32 pmOops! Thanks for catching that, Shannon. Just updated the directions to 1 tablespoon. Let us know what you think of the recipe!
Tricia D says
September 6, 2016 at 10:55 amWe just made this over the weekend. I think this is the best recipe of yours that we have tried so far! Super Yummy!!
Claudia says
September 28, 2016 at 6:49 pmWhich spiralizer do you guys recommend?
Alyson says
September 30, 2016 at 3:35 pmWe use this one and dig it: http://amzn.to/2dC2TqH
You can also turn zucchinis into noodles using a julienne peeler for thin noodles or with a simple vegetable peeler for wide flat noodles.
Pamela says
February 7, 2017 at 12:27 amLooks Yummy and Mouthwatering!
Rachel says
April 23, 2017 at 11:36 amAbsolutely amazing flavor. Super filling and lived up to all the satisfaction I hoped it would. Even great reheated the next day. I subbed ground chicken for the beef. Will be a regular dinner around my house. My 10 year old even chose to eat this instead of the regular noodle spaghetti I made for the others.
Julia Kruz says
July 18, 2017 at 3:57 pmAbsolutely love your amazing recipe. Wanna replace sea salt for usual cooking salt, I am simply going bazinga over this, replace or not)…Never thought meatballs would go this well with spaghetti. Thx for sharing Abel!
Loise says
February 1, 2018 at 3:06 amHello,
I think this is the best recipe of yours that we have tried so far! Super Yummy!!
Riley Gatty says
June 17, 2018 at 12:25 amAbel, Thanks for the recipe. Delicious!
Chad Jenkins says
July 11, 2018 at 5:05 amAbel, Delicious! I wonder, but a lot of calories?
Maira says
January 3, 2019 at 3:03 amThis looks so yummy…just wondering about the coconut flour. The ingredient list says 1 TBSP, but the instructions say to use 2 TBSP. Can you clarify please?
Eddie says
March 12, 2019 at 9:27 pmAbsolutely love your amazing recipe. Wanna replace sea salt for usual cooking salt, I am simply going bazinga over this, replace or not)…Never thought meatballs would go this well with spaghetti. Thanks for sharing.