Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash Carbonara

Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash Carbonara

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Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash Carbonara

Eat Your Vegetables

Somehow Italians are able to eat pasta all day without gaining an ounce yet still able to fit into their designer Gucci jeans. #jealous.

Just as Gucci jeans will probably never hang in my closet, eating pasta all day will also not be happening.  After our recent trip to Italy, pasta has been on my mind.  We had so many delicious pasta dishes.   Since we have been home, I have wanted to recreate them but with less pasta.  Sounds crazy, I know.

My mom would agree that this recipe is the best way to eat vegetables, mixed with creamy eggs and sprinkled with cheese and bacon.  It’s definitely one of those ‘must have more’ type recipes.   What it’s not is one of those try-to-hide-in-the-back-of the-fridge-till-it goes-bad-so-you-don’t-feel-guilty-about-throwing-it-away dishes.  No way.  You’ll be lucky if you even have leftovers!

Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash Carbonara

Instant Pot To The Rescue

The thing that keeps me from making spaghetti squash more often is the amount of time it takes.   Cooking squash in the oven seems to take for-ev-er!   After a long day,  the last thing I want to do is watch the oven timer for 45 minutes.  After that, there always seems to be those few spots that are still hard as a, well, squash.

Enter the best invention ever, the Instant Pot.  This entire recipe takes about 25 mins from start to finish.  You heard right, 25 minutes my friend.  With all that extra time, you can now mindlessly scroll Instagram! (not that your weren’t going to do that anyway)

Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash Carbonara

We had this as a main dish with a small side salad but you could easily make it as a side for your favorite meat as the main attraction.  Let me know what you think in the comments below.  Thanks for reading!

Kate- A Copper Queen

5 thoughts on “Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash Carbonara

  1. Valerie says:

    Okay, you had me at “spaghetti carbonara.” Adding in that you used an “instant pot,” that I’ve only even heard of recently, yet to purchase, up the score! I lived in Naples, Italy for a year and this was my go-to comfort food for many years to come. Sadly, I can no longer eat grains and so I’d given up on the idea of making it again. Now, I feel guilty about the spaghetti squash that I bought but never put the effort into baking…and literally JUST threw away this afternoon. I’ve pinned your recipe and will def try it out.

  2. Kay says:

    Tried tonight. Not horrible. The squash is easy to cook in the IP. I mixed it all together in the dried pot to keep warm. The squash let’s out alot of water. There is not alot of flavor unless you get a bit of bacon. I will probably make it again but will saute it down to reduce the liquid before I add the egg, just to see if that helps.

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