Spaghetti Squash with Shrimp in my Instant Pot

Hi everyone - I'm just dying to share what we had for dinner tonight with you!

It was delicious and soo easy!

First of all, I have to thank my Wonderful Hubby, as he helped with the prep before I walked in the door from work.  He is my own AWESOME personal sous chef and follows my prep directions to the letter. Love him!!  He ROCKS!!

I bought a spaghetti squash after I saw a post on PINTEREST, on how to cook one in the Instant Pot.
There are MANY pins about this - but this one worked great - and it will be my GO TO in the future.
(even my 21 yr old who "HATES" spaghetti squash liked tonight's dinner!)

Basically, cut the squash in half - NOT length-wise, but through the middle, scoop out the seeds/guts, and place the rack that came with your Instant Pot in the pot.  Add 1 cup of water and the Squash.
Oh - don't worry, if your squash doesn't fit - the instructions on the link say to cut it in half, but my hubby had to cut one of the halves in half and it worked perfectly!!

Put on the lid, and cook for 7 minutes on HIGH pressure - and do a quick release when done. PERFECT!!!!

Meanwhile - in a skillet on the stove, saute' @ 1/2 an onion ( that is all I had, you can use more) in a little olive oil, add about 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, .....cloves of chopped garlic - (it is up to you - how much garlic to you like??)  Once they are translucent, I added, Salt, Pepper and Hot Pepper flakes to taste  - just a few shakes of each.  A pinch or two of dried basil and parsley too.  I added about 1 Cup of white wine.

I added 1 lb of cleaned shrimp, tails removed, and I cut them in half first and sauteed them until almost all pink.  I juiced 1 1/2 lemons and added that juice to the pan.  I then added 2 Teaspoons of cornstarch mixed with @ 2 teaspoons of water to the pan to thicken the sauce a little.  I tossed in a bag of baby spinach and sauteed until it all wilted a little.

Wonderful hubby was shredding the spaghetti squash with a fork at this point, and placed it in my pasta serving dish.  I then poured the shrimp and sauce over the top and added about 10 leaves of chopped fresh basil leaves.

It was YUMMY!!  We added grated Parmesan cheese before eating. This served 4 adults and I even have a nice portion left for my lunch tomorrow!!!

I hope you give it a try and ENJOY!!

Here are the ingredients in list form:

1 Spaghetti Squash
1 lb cleaned shrimp without tails - cut in half
a few Table spoons of Olive Oil
1/2 - 1 onion chopped
5-10 cloves of garlic chopped
1 Cup white wine
Juice of 1 1/2 Lemons
Dried Basil and Parsley (fresh if available)
a few shakes of Red Pepper Flakes (to taste)
Salt and Pepper
1 bag of spinach
Parmesan Cheese

Thinking back on this - I could have removed the squash from the Instant Pot and kept it warm - then cleaned out the pot and used it with the Saute feature, to cook the rest of the dish, instead of using a pan on the stove.....   LIVE and LEARN!  Will have to try that next time!!