These Pizza Spaghetti Squash Boats are easy to make, fun to customize with your favorite pizza toppings, and absolutely delicious! They are also naturally gluten-free (when made with GF pizza toppings).
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time40 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: kid friendly, vegetarian
Servings: 4servings
Ingredients
2small spaghetti squash
olive oil
salt and pepper
2cupspizza sauce
2cupsshredded mozzarella cheese
your favorite pizza toppings* (I used pepperonidiced green peppers, thinly-sliced red onions, and crushed red pepper flakes)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, then mist with cooking spray. Set aside.
Using a sharp knife, very carefully cut the spaghetti squash in half lengthwise. (I find it helps to microwave the squash for 2-3 minutes before cutting to soften it up.) Use a spoon to scoop out and discard the seeds and stringy pulp in the center of the squash. Then brush the flesh of the squash evenly with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and place the squash halves cut-side-down on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the inside of the squash is cooked through and shreds easily with a fork. (Larger squash halves will take longer to bake.) Remove from oven, and let the squash cool for a few minutes.
Using a fork, shred the inside of the squash until all of the flesh is spaghetti-like. Then add 1/2 cup (more or less) pizza sauce and 1/4 cup shredded cheese to each squash half, and gently give it a toss until all of the spaghetti-ed squash is evenly coated with the sauce.
Sprinkle a few pizza evenly toppings on top of the sauce on each squash half, followed by about 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, followed by a few more pizza toppings as desired.
Turn the oven to broil. Place the baking sheet with the spaghetti squash pizzas in the oven (I placed mine on a rack 1/3 from the top of the oven) and broil for 4-6 minutes — keeping a close eye on the pizzas so that they do not burn — until the cheese is melted and starts to turn a little bit golden.
Remove from the oven, and serve immediately.
Notes
*These pizzas do not spend a long time in the oven. So if you are using any toppings that have a longer cook time — such as sausage or bacon — I recommend pre-cooking them before adding those toppings to the pizzas.