Who here loves pasta?!

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    edited May 2015
    DaveAkeman wrote: »
    Danielle_Husband wrote: »
    DaveAkemaftn wrote: »
    This thread is just cruel. Yes, I love pasta!!! But I haven't had any recently.

    I tried making hash browns out of spaghetti squash, and it was really nasty. Maybe I didn't do it right.

    What I HAVE found is Shiratake noodles. They make a great low calorie (really, REALLY low calorie!) soy-based pasta replacement, and it's palatable. Put just enough sauce in it, perhaps some Tofu or tuna, and it's really good.

    I'm just sitting here trying to figure out why you tried to make hash browns out of spaghetti squash, and I just can't. I can't.

    It was a recipe. Basically bake the spaghetti squash, then fry it in olive oil. It is the only "healthy" food I have tried in the past 3 months that I have literally thrown away and gone hungry rather than eating it. NASTY!

    That doesn't sound anything like hash browns, but it sounds pretty delicious to me. Especially if you add some black pepper and fresh thyme.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    edited May 2015
    I eat pasta several days a week. I have a foodscale so its no big deal to weigh out a 2 oz portion... and 2 oz of plain white pasta is only 200 calories, so I dont see the reason to switch to something else. I am sure spaghetti squash is lovely however.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I love spaghetti squash, but I love all squash. I don't like it as a "replacement" for anything. I do, however, love most sauteed vegetables covered in marinara and cheese - includes zucchini, mushroom, onions, peppers, spinach, even green beans. Years ago I used to mix sauteed veggies with my pasta then cover with sauce and for the past few years, I just do the veggies instead. Sometimes I melt some neufchatel into it so it's a pink cheesy sauce.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I love pasta... but I actually EAT pasta. No silly subs. Pasta is not evil. It won't make you fat as long as you keep it within your calories.
  • slideaway1
    slideaway1 Posts: 1,006 Member
    I love pasta. I mix a tin of Tuna with Mayo and Pesto through some Penne Pasta and throw some cheese up on that *kitten*.
  • Altagracia220
    Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
    Pasta is the love of my life. I've always wondered how spaghetti squash tastes.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    jazmin220 wrote: »
    Pasta is the love of my life. I've always wondered how spaghetti squash tastes.

    It tastes most similar to summer squash. It doesn't taste anything like pasta, but it does have a mild flavor and is stringy so it looks like pasta. If you put enough strong flavored sauce on it, you don't really taste the squash much.
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    melimomTARDIS wrote: »
    I eat pasta several days a week. I have a foodscale so its no big deal to weigh out a 2 oz portion... and 2 oz of plain white pasta is only 200 calories, so I dont see the reason to switch to something else. I am sure spaghetti squash is lovely however.

    A 200g serving of squash is < 40 cal
    A 125g serving of spaghetti is 200 cal

    That can make a difference to a lot of people (depending on daily allowance). I eat pasta too, but there are many who may see a reason to switch and/or sub for squash.
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