Cheezy Vegan Spaghetti Squash

By tammy1365

Spaghetti squash is served with a sauce made from the beans and yeast, with broccoli tossed with the spaghetti squash.

Ingredients

• 1 small spaghetti squash
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• Salt and pepper
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, optional
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1/2 cup vegetable stock
• 1 cup cannellini beans, rinsed, drained, and roughly mashed with a fork
• 1/3 cup nutritional yeast

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 40mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from buzzfeed.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

Cut about half an inch off of the top and bottom of the spaghetti squash, and discard those pieces. Cut the squash crosswise into rings about 1-inch thick, and run your knife around the inside of the rings to cut the seeds out. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil over the baking sheet, then spread the squash rings over it, moving them around a little so that the undersides are evenly coated with a little bit of oil. Season with salt and pepper, then flip the rings over and season again. Roast in the preheated oven until the squash is tender, about 30 minutes. When the squash is done, set it aside on the counter while you cook the other vegetables. It’ll be easier to handle if you let it cool for 10 minutes before taking it apart.

Heat the remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes (if using), season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, just until the garlic is fragrant, about a minute. Add the broccoli and vegetable stock and turn the heat down to medium low. Season with a little more salt and pepper, and cook until the broccoli is bright green and al dente and the vegetable stock has reduced to about half. Add the nutritional yeast and stir everything together, so that the yeast and the remaining stock make a sauce. If the sauce is super thick and clumpy, add more stock or water, a tablespoon at a time, until it’s thick but still a little runny. Add the cooked squash and toss everything together, then divide into two bowls and serve immediately.