This is a spin on my one point Alfredo, or should we now call it zero point Alfredo because technically you gain a point eating a vegetable? Any-who, you all love my one point spaghetti squash Alfredo, now its time to step it up and make it a full meal. I eat it like this all the time, it is the perfect meal prep and INSANELY DELICIOUS! It is seriously so crazy how I just crave spaghetti squash after I first started making this recipe.
How many WW points is this now?! Click on the link below and it will take you to the recipe I made within your own WW app. Your specific points will be calculated, and you can track that.
If you are vegetarian, or just want to use this as a side dish, check out my original recipe below.
This is the perfect meal prep to! Depending on how big your spaghetti squash is, you may need to adjust some of the ingredients. I typically just do a large squash if I am prepping for four days, if not, I get a smaller one.
This is really good mixed with tomato sauce, it creates an alla vodka sauce!
One Point Protein Alfredo
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
Cooking the Spaghetti Squash
- 1 spaghetti squash large
- cooking spray
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt
Cooking the Chicken
- 1 pound ground chicken breast
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon basil
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasonings
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon rosemary
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Making the Alfredo
- 4 laughing cow cheese wedges garlic
- basil
Instructions
Cooking the Spaghetti Squash
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Slice spaghetti squash in half, longwise. Remove the seeds and the core
- Spray with cooking spray and sprinkle with the garlic salt
- Place on a greased baking tray, cut side down. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until skin is soft to the touch.
- Alternatively, place, cut side down, on a microwave safe dish and take a fork and carefully fork up the skin. Microwave for about 10 minutes, until the skin is slightly soft to the touch
- Once cooked, fork up the insides of the squash
- Add in the laughing cow cheese wedges and toss to combine and melt the cheese.
Making the Chicken
- Heat a large pan over medium high heat, greased with cooking spray
- Once heated, add chicken and brown both sides for about two minutes.
- Start breaking up the chicken and sprinkle on the seasonings.
- Continue to break up the chicken and mix in the seasonings as the chicken cooks.
- Once chicken is fully cooked, place over the spaghetti squash and top with more basil.
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