{"id":1323,"date":"2020-10-09T09:58:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2020-10-15T20:10:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T01:10:37","slug":"meatballs-and-spaghetti-squash-hannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/?p=1323","title":{"rendered":"Meatballs and Spaghetti Squash\u00a0&#8211; Hannah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"moz-text-html\" lang=\"x-unicode\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0 Meatballs and Spaghetti Squash\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1 (3 lb) Spaghetti Squash, halved lengthwise and seeded \u2022<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd lbs ground grass-fed beef<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd lbs ground pork<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd medium onion, grated (aprox. \u00bc cup)<\/li>\n<li>1 egg \u2022 3 garlic cloves, minced<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup fresh parsley, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp dried basil<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc tsp dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc tsp dried thyme<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil + more for coating 4<\/li>\n<li>44 oz of good quality tomato sauce \u2022 Sea salt &amp; freshly ground black pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.<\/div>\n<div>2. Lightly coat the inside and edges of the spaghetti squash halves with olive oil.<\/div>\n<div>3. Place the spaghetti squash cut side down on a baking sheet and bake for 30-40 minutes in the preheated oven.<\/div>\n<div>4. Once cooked, remove the squash from the oven and set it aside to let cool.<\/div>\n<div>5. Use a fork or spoon to pull away the stringy flesh from the squash.<\/div>\n<div>6. While the squash is cooking, in a large bowl gently combine the ground beef and pork with all of the remaining ingredients except the tomato sauce &amp; olive oil. Be very careful to not over mix.<\/div>\n<div>7. Form 36, 1 oz meatballs (about 2 tablespoons).<\/div>\n<div>8. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet (one large enough to fit the meatballs) over medium-high heat. If needed cook in 2 skillets or in batches.<\/div>\n<div>9. Once hot, add the meatballs and reduce to medium heat, occasionally turn the meatballs until they are fully browned.<\/div>\n<div>10. Carefully pour in the tomato sauce stirring to coat the meatballs.<\/div>\n<div>11. Bring the sauce to a simmer, cover and cook meatballs until cooked through, about an additional 10 minutes.<\/div>\n<div>12. Serve the sauce and meatballs over the squash. (serving size 4 meatballs per person)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Meatballs and Spaghetti Squash\u00a0 1 (3 lb) Spaghetti Squash, halved lengthwise and seeded \u2022 1 \u00bd lbs ground grass-fed beef 1 \u00bd lbs ground pork \u00bd medium onion, grated (aprox. \u00bc cup) 1 egg \u2022 3 garlic cloves, minced \u00bc cup fresh parsley, chopped \u00bd tsp dried basil \u00bc tsp dried oregano \u00bc tsp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casseroles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wesselbest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}