Confetti Spaghetti Squash

Confetti spaghetti squash with tomatoes is a bright and fun vegetable side dish that will bring a pop of color to your table! Easy enough for weeknight dinner, fancy looking enough for a dinner party.

Spaghetti squash is one of my favorite vegetables of all time. It's mild, low in carbohydrates, filling, and so very very versatile. It's easy to cook and can be transformed in so many different ways!

This confetti spaghetti squash with tomatoes recipe is one of my favorite side dishes to whip up at the last minute. It looks fancy on the table but really takes very little effort on your part to get it there.

How to cook spaghetti squash

First things first, we have to start with our spaghetti squash. The easiest way to cook spaghetti squash, in my opinion, is in the oven.

You'll cut it in half, bake it, and scrape it. When it's done, you're looking for the insides to scrape out easily with a fork like spaghetti strings, like this:

You can find full detailed directions on how to bake a spaghetti squash in the oven in my full post here.

If you prefer to try your hand at cooking it in the Instant Pot, you can find instructions on how to do that over on A Mindful Mom in this post.

Tomato "confetti"

The tomatoes in this recipe are the 'confetti'. Confetti is such a fun word, isn't it? It just conjures up images of happiness and parties for me.

Anyway, we're not throwing this confetti in the air and jumping around underneath it (although you can if you choose to, they're your tomatoes.)

While your spaghetti squash is baking, you'll dice up your tomatoes into small-ish, uniform-ish pieces.

I prefer to use Roma tomatoes for this dish. They're firmer than other tomatoes, so they hold up a bit better and don't get soggy when you cook them.

The other trick to the tomatoes here is to scrape out the pulp and seeds before dicing. I usually cut my Roma tomatoes lengthwise in quarters, then rinse out the pieces before dicing them up.

Discarding the pulp and seeds will keep the dish from getting too watery, and will really let the tomatoes shine a bit more.

How to make confetti spaghetti squash

Remember how I said this is one of those dishes that looks fancy, but isn't really? I wasn't lying.

Once your spaghetti squash is cooked, you're going to scrape it into a pan heated with a bit of oil, add the tomatoes, and cook over medium heat until the tomatoes are warm and slightly tender.

Scoop it into a serving dish and top with some fresh or dried parsley before putting on the table and wowing your guests!

Ways to serve spaghetti squash with tomatoes

As a dinner side

This recipe was an old dinner party favorite of mine. When we had some last minute dinner guests, we used to cook a london broil, slice it thinly, then serve it with this confetti spaghetti squash and some crusty bread.

My crusty bread days are mostly behind me, but this spaghetti squash dish still shines on! It's such an easy and versatile side.

As a breakfast base

At the risk of you wrinkling up your nose at first, I'm going to share another secret with you: I eat this spaghetti squash with tomatoes dish for breakfast quite often.

I'll top it with a fried egg or two, over medium, so the runny yolks create a little bit of "sauce," and I'll sprinkle the whole thing over with Everything But The Bagel seasoning. It's seriously one of my favorite breakfasts.

As a main dish

Yes, you can even serve this as a main dish!

Simply add a bit of protein and some healthy fats and you are good to go. You could use it as the base for my Pizza Pasta. Or, add some taco meat and serve with salsa and avocado.

Easy peasy, dinner is done!

How to reheat spaghetti squash

Got leftovers? No problem.

Store them in a tupperware in the fridge for up to a week. You can easily reheat by adding it back to non-stick skillet or a skillet with a touch of oil over medium heat until warmed through.

Make sure you provide something to keep it from sticking, otherwise the bottom layer of squash will get dried out and stick to the pan!

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