10 Super Spaghetti Squash Recipes—Plus, the Best Techniques for Cooking This Unique Vegetable

Easy-prep and low-mess, roasting of sliced spaghetti squash enhances its nutty quality, yielding a deliciously simple side or the versatile foundation for a flock of other dishes.

Craving a stack of griddle cakes? The spicy warmth of coriander and cumin, the fresh heat of jalapeño, and the sweetness of caramelized shallot blend quietly into pancakes so good you will want to triple the quantity and freeze them in batches. Add a dollop of yogurt to the warm cakes and you're all set.

This brilliantly simple and very pretty combination of sweet roasted shrimp, fresh lemon juice, and delicate spaghetti squash is assembled in minutes.

Sweetly briny sea scallops atop crisp leeks and tender spaghetti squash are dressed with a velvet beurre blanc just before serving. It's a meal no one will turn down.

This crisp-topped and creamy spaghetti squash gratin is made bold by the addictive combination of melted anchovies and sage.

A sprinkling of sugar caramelizes on the spaghetti squash as it roasts, so that when it is shredded the toasted hazelnuts cling to its strands. A generous flurry of Parmesan and fresh soft herbs finish an ample standalone meal.

A roasted squash. Strands scraped into a bowl. Warm, sweet garlic. Toss. That's all. Feel free to add your favorite cheese.

Halved spaghetti squash are filled with the best ingredients from the  farmers' market and then baked for a dramatic entrée that sings of summer.

In this playful culinary pun you have all the pleasure of twirling strands of pasta without the carb pain (well, guilt, really). Ground turkey lightens the sauce without skimping on any of the luscious flavor that makes us run home to this mama of all comfort foods.

A bed of spaghetti squash soaks up all the saucy goodness of these oregano-fragrant turkey meatballs, simmered in an umami-laden mushroom sauce.