Halloween Spaghetti

Here's a little something I whipped up with ingredients found tucked away in the freezer and pantry. Let me preface this by saying that my kids are not fans of squash so the spin doctor had to be in high gear to sell this to them in the first place. However, I had this lonely box of frozen pureed squash in the freezer that needed to go in quest for using the things we have on hand. And, come to find out, I'm the only person in this house that likes pureed butternut squash...imagine that...But, a little creative trickery and nobody knew the sauce was orange because of the dreaded squash.

2 bags of black rice soba noodles (found them at HEB...was intrigued)
1 box of frozen pureed winter squash
1 small onion
1 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 cup of almond milk (more if needed)
1 lb. ground italian chicken sausage or 1 lb. ground turkey
2 tbsp. olive oil

Put salted water on to boil for noodles. Saute onions in olive oil until transparent and add garlic. Then, brown the meat with the onion and garlic. Add thawed squash and stir until mixed. Add milk until about the consistency of thick tomato sauce. Salt and pepper to taste and keep on warm until noodles are finished. Add noodles to boiling water and cook for 4-5 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Serve orange colored sauce on black colored noodles and, voila, Halloween spaghetti!

I'll come clean, Mommy spin doctor got the kids to eat the spaghetti but they both said they wouldn't like to have it again. I used the sausage and their chief complaint was that it was too spicy. Therefore, if you have kids that don't like spice, use the turkey and it might go over better. My husband and I loved it, though :) He's a squash hater as well so, hey, that's one convert, right??