Spaghetti Squash with Tomato Cashew Sauce

Spicy Roasted Creamy Cashew and Roasted Tomato Sauce served over Spaghetti Squash. Delicious!

This recipe is a keeper. If you love spaghetti squash as much as I do this recipe is for you! The recipe comes from Alex http://www.hummusapien.com/ Thanks Alex!

Of course the spaghetti squash is fantastic but what makes it to live for is the spicy fire roasted and cashew cream sauce!

Really its pretty easy to make and the flavours are wonderful. Read more to find out how…..

Spaghetti Squash with Roasted Tomato Cashew Sauce

What you’ll need for the spaghetti squash:

1 medium spaghetti squash (organic if possible)
Organic spaghetti squash
2 t olive oil
one big clove of garlic peeled
sea salt and ground pepper

What you’ll need for the tomato cashew sauce:

Raw cashews soaking in water.

1 cup raw cashews, soaked for a few hours, rinsed and drained
1-15 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
Diced fire roasted tomatoes
¼ c basil leaves, chopped
2 T water
½ t sea salt
1/2 – 1 t red pepper flakes, (this is the spicy part, optional)

How to make it the spaghetti squash:

Place raw cashews in a bowl and cover with water. Allow them to soak for at least 2 hours or overnight. (If I am in a hurry, I pour hot water over the cashews and soak for 1/2 hour.)
Preheat oven to 375º
Carefully cut the spaghetti squash in half. Scoop out seeds and stringy flesh with a spoon.
Spaghetti squash halved, rubbed with oil, garlic and sprinkled salt and pepper. Roasted in oven till you can insert a fork easily

Rub a teaspoon of olive oil over the inside of each half and then rub with garlic and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Place face down on a baking sheet and bake for 35 minutes.
While it is cooking, make your sauce.

How to make your sauce:

Raw cashews, roasted tomatoes, basil, hot peppers, water and salt in blender for sauce

Place all the ingredients into a blender…high speed blenders are always best, others will do the trick.
Blend till creamy smooth. Yep, that’s it!

Putting it all together:

Removing the strands of squash with a fork. So much fun!

When the squash is cooked, you can put a fork into it. Shred the spaghetti squash into strands, pulling it out of the squash with a fork.
In a pan heat up the squash and add in your sauce. Cook till warmed up.

Heat a sauce pan over medium heat.
Place squash in a pan and cover with sauce (you might not need all the sauce, save it for a potato or throw it in your soup, your choice)
Toss the sauce with your spaghetti squash to combine and heat evenly.
Sauce and squash heating up. This is the entire recipe of sauce, you may want to use it all or a little less, your choice.
Top with fresh basil and serve with a nice salad.
The finished product plated with basil as a garnish and a beautiful salad on the side.