Crave some pasta and meatballs, but can’t deal with the calories? Consider this healthy swap, which replaces the noodles with spaghetti squash and ground beef with ground turkey.
<h4 class="recipe-ingredients__title">Ingredients</h4>
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<li>4 oz. lean ground turkey</li>
<li>1 cup cooked spaghetti squash</li>
<li>¼ cup fat-free ricotta</li>
<li>½ cup marinara sauce</li>
<li>1 cup raw spinach</li>
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<h2 class="block-title"><span>Directions</span></h2>
<li>Mix desired spices with ground turkey and roll into balls; add desired spices to sauce and cook meatballs in sauce until done. </li>
<li>Cook spaghetti squash in a shallow baking pan with ½ inch of water in pan at 350 degrees in oven until tender. </li>
<li>Scrape out spaghetti squash with fork to make spaghetti strings. </li>
<li>Top spaghetti squash with meatballs, sauce, and spinach, and top with ricotta.</li>
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