Skinny Chicken Parmesan with Spaghetti Squash

Ingredients

• •2 pounds chicken tenderloins
• •½ cup dressing
• •1 cup panko crumbs
• •2 teaspoons garlic powder
• •1 teaspoon seasoning
• •½ teaspoon coarse sea salt
• •½ teaspoon cracked pepper
• •½ cup mozzarella cheese
• •¼ cup parmesan cheese
• •1 medium spaghetti squash
• •1½ cups favorite pasta sauce

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Method

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1. 1Preheat oven to 375F
2. 2Pour dressing into a shallow bowl and place next to raw chicken
3. 3In another shallow bowl, mix breadcrumbs, garlic, Italian seasonings, salt and pepper.
4. 4Place beside bowl of dressing.
5. 5Place a greased glass casserole dish next to the bowls. Dip a tenderloin into the dressing, roll it in the breadcrumbs, and place in dish. Repeat with the rest of the chicken. Set aside.
6. 6Cut spaghetti squash in half and scrape seeds out.
7. 7Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
8. 8Place face down in a glass baking dish with 1 cup of water.
9. 9Bake the chicken and squash side by side for 20 minutes. As chicken and squash bakes, begin heating pasta sauce.
10. 10Remove chicken at 20 minutes and sprinkle on cheeses.
11. 11Bake chicken another 15 minutes or until insides are no longer pink. Check squash at 30 minute mark. If the flesh can be easily scrapped with a fork, then it's done.
12. 12If not, bake for an additional 10-15 minutes. Times will vary depending on size of squash. Once the flesh is soft, scrape it out with a fork into bowl. Set aside. To serve place 2 tenderloins over 1 cup of squash.
13. 13Pour 1/4 cup pasta sauce over everything. Enjoy.