{"id":1994,"date":"2019-02-15T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2019-02-09T00:42:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T04:42:07","slug":"spaghetti-squash-meatball-casserole-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2019\/02\/15\/spaghetti-squash-meatball-casserole-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaghetti Squash Meatball Casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"recipe-ingredients\">\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"recipe-ingredients__list recipe-ingredients__collection splitColumns\">\n<li>1 medium spaghetti squash (about 4 pounds)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt, divided<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon fennel seed<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon ground coriander<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon dried basil<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 garlic clove, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 cups chopped collard greens<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chopped fresh spinach<\/li>\n<li>1 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese<\/li>\n<li>2 plum tomatoes, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 cup pasta sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"recipe-ingredients__view-more-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"recipe-directions mobile-expand-section\">\n<h2 class=\"recipe-directions__heading\">Directions<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"recipe-directions__list\">\n<li class=\"recipe-directions__item\">Cut squash lengthwise in half; discard seeds. Place halves on a microwave-safe plate, cut side down. Microwave, uncovered, on high until tender, 15-20 minutes. Cool slightly.<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-directions__item\">Preheat oven to 350\u00b0. Mix 1\/4 teaspoon salt with remaining seasonings; add to beef, mixing lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 1-1\/2-in. balls. In a large skillet, brown meatballs over medium heat; remove from pan.<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-directions__item\">In same pan, heat oil over medium heat; saute onion until tender, 3-4 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in collard greens, spinach, ricotta cheese and remaining salt; remove from heat.<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-directions__item\">Using a fork, separate strands of spaghetti squash; stir into greens mixture. Transfer to a greased 13&#215;9-in. baking dish. Top with tomatoes, meatballs, sauce and cheese. Bake, uncovered, until meatballs are cooked through, 30-35 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"recipe-editors-note mobile-expand-section\">\n<h5 class=\"recipe-editors-note__heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Spaghetti-Squash-Meatball-Casserole_EXPS_HCK18_201631_B04_014_1b-696x696.jpg\" alt=\"Spaghetti Squash Meatball Casserole\" width=\"1070\" height=\"1070\" \/><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 1 medium spaghetti squash (about 4 pounds) 1\/2 teaspoon salt, divided 1\/2 teaspoon fennel seed 1\/4 teaspoon ground coriander 1\/4 teaspoon dried basil 1\/4 teaspoon dried oregano 1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean) 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 2 cups chopped collard greens 1 cup chopped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1996,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions\/1996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}