Italian Spaghetti Squash Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Pour water in baking dish and place halved squash cut-sides down in the dish.

Bake squash in preheated oven until a fork pierces the skin very easily about 45 minutes. Let squash cook while preparing remainder of recipe.

Melt butter with olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion in hot butter until softened about 5 minutes. Add garlic and continue to saute until fragrant about 1 minute more. Pour diced tomatoes over the onion mixture; season with basil. Place a cover on the skillet reduce heat to medium-low and cook at a simmer until the tomatoes are soft about 30 minutes; season with salt and pepper.

Once squash is cool enough to handle use a fork to strip flesh from the skin in strands. Stir squash and Parmesan cheese into tomato mixture. Replace cover on skillet and cook until squash is heated through 5 to 10 minutes more. Sprinkle additional Parmesan cheese over the dish to serve.