Spaghetti Squash Pancakes

Earlier this week I made some Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce and it was amazing!  It got me thinking, what else could I do with Spaghetti Squash?  Its very stringy and it reminded me a lot of my previous experiments with faux potatoes.  Particularly, the turnip hash browns I’ve made in the past. With that as inspiration I decided to make some Spaghetti Squash Pancakes!
Like every good keto recipe, this one starts with bacon!  Get out your cast iron skillet and get frying!I like my bacon flat so I always use a bacon press for more even cooking.Here’s the finished bacon, YUM!I made Spaghett Squash the other night for my Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce recipe.  If you don’t already have some in your fridge, prepare it via this recipes.Start with two eggs in a bowl.Then add the Spaghetti SquashThrow the rest of the spices and the cheese into the mixture.Mix it all up!Now crumble the bacon into the mixture.Here’s the final mixture.Now add some bacon grease into the cast iron skillet and get it really hot!  Ideally you just cooked the bacon in this pan so you probably won’t have to add any additional grease.   Split the mixture into four sections and spoon it into the pan.  Use something like a fish spatula to push down on the piles to make them flat like pancakes. Now at this point, it is very important that you DON’T touch the mixture.  You need the bottom to set.  The amount of time required on one side isn’t totally set, but the edges will start to get brown and you’ll notice that the pancake feels like it can be flipped with the spatula.Flip it when it looks like this!Top with some sour cream and you’ve got one scrumptious breakfast!  I think Spaghetti Squash might make an even better pancake than potatoes in this format!

Spaghetti Squash Pancakes

 

Author: Caveman Keto

Nutrition Information

• Serves: 2

• Serving size: 2 pancakes
• Calories: 287

• Fat: 18
• Carbohydrates: 10
• Fiber: 2
• Protein: 19

Prep time:  5 mins

Cook time:  15 mins

Total time:  20 mins

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Ingredients

• 4 Slices Thick Cut Bacon
• 2 Eggs
• 284g (10 Oz) Cooked Spaghetti Squash
• 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
• 30 g (1 Oz) Parmesan Cheese

Instructions

1. Prepare the Spaghetti Squash per this post
2. Cook the bacon until crisp
3. Add the eggs, Spaghetti Squash, spices and cheese to a bowl and mix
4. Crumble the bacon and add to the mixture
5. Heat some bacon grease in a skillet until shimmering
6. Scoop the mixture into the bacon grease into four piles and use a spatula to compress the piles flat
7. After the bottoms begin to brown, flip
8. Optionally, serve with a dollop of sour cream and / or some chives!

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