Preheat oven to 375F.

Cut spaghetti squash in half and scoop out seeds. Place both halves cut side down into a baking dish with about ½” water in the bottom. Place in oven. Check after 30 minutes. If flesh is cooked through, remove from oven. If not, return to oven and check every 10 minutes. Allow squash to cool and rake the flesh with a fork to break up the strands.

While squash is cooking combine pecans, walnuts, carrot and celery in high power blender or food processor, secure lid and puree.

For Blendtec: (Twister Jar is Recommended*). Using Fourside/Wildside Jar. Blend on Speed LOW for 10 seconds. Stop machine and use a spatula to push ingredients towards to blade. Continue this process until pureed.

For Vitamix: With your tamper ready through the lid plug, start on Variable Speed 1, turn the machine on and slowly increase to Variable Speed 10/HIGH. Use the tamper to press the ingredients into the blade until pureed.

Add in mushrooms, herbs and nutritional yeast and process until well combined.

For Blendtec: Pulse 5-7 times for 3 seconds each.

For Vitamix: Blend on Variable Speed 3 for 20 seconds, using the tamper.

Pour mixture into a bowl and mix in oats by hand. (May need to add more oats to get a consistency that will form balls)

Season with salt and pepper.

Spray cooking spray onto a baking sheet.

Roll mixture into balls, about 2 tablespoons large. Place balls on baking sheet.

Bake 20 minutes before flipping. Bake another 20-30 minutes or until browned and crunchy on the outside.

While meatballs and spaghetti squash are cooking, heat olive oil in a saucepan. Add in garlic and onions cooking until onions are translucent. Add in chili flakes and balsamic vinegar. Allow to cook for a few minutes or until vinegar is thick. Add in tomatoes and allow simmering for 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Before serving sauce, stir in herbs.

Scrape squash to get spaghetti-like noodles.

Plate squash on 4 plates. Top each serving with sauce and “meatballs”.

All done! Enjoy!! Now take a photo, rate it, and share your accomplishments to enter our weekly photo contest! :) Tag @BlenderBabes & #BlenderBabes