Spaghetti Squash & Mini Turkey Meatballs with Pumpkin Seed Pesto

Dear Readers, this is a quick and easy one to have on the table pronto (and to make it even faster.....use store bought pesto, or freeze pesto that you make yourself for times such as these!). And, for a DELISH snack, roast the squash seeds with olive oil, curry powder and salt!! Remember, when you see that I have used an asterisk* it denotes changes or suggestions I would make or do..............
(serves 4)

Spaghetti squash: 
1 med. spaghetti squash
1 t. coconut oil
Coarse* kosher* salt, to taste

Meatballs:
1 lb. ground turkey thigh
1/3 cup finely minced sweet* onion or red*
1 T. freshly* squeezed lemon juice
1 t. dried basil
1 t. kosher salt

Pesto:
1 cup loosely packed fresh basil (again, I encourage you to grow your own herbs inside or out.....!!*)
1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
3 T. freshly* squeezed lemon juice
2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
3/4 t. kosher salt
1/4 cup + 1 T. olive oil

Preheat oven to 400. Carefully slice squash lengthwise, and remove seeds with a spoon. Rub inside of squash with coconut oil and sprinkle with salt. Place cut sides down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Roast 30-40 min., until tender and easily pierced with a fork. Cool until squash can be comfortably handled. While squash is roasting, combine meatball ingredients in a med. bowl. line a second baking sheet with parchment paper, and use a small cookie scoop or tablespoon to form mixture into small balls. Place 1" apart on baking sheet. Place meatballs in oven, and cook about 15 min., until firm to touch and cooked through. While meatballs are cooking, prepare pesto in a food processor. Process parsley, basil, pumpkin seeds, lemon juice, garlic, and salt, scraping down teh bowl as needed. Drizzle in oil, and process to a chunky, yest blended consistency. Using a fork, scrape squash "noodles" from skin into a med. bowl, and stir in pesto. Top with the mini meatballs.

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I wish you LOVE and LAUGHTER in spite of what is going on around us in this troubled world...today!!!!

Machete Milletti (aka MM, aka Chef Deb)