Spaghetti Squash Ideas??

Just use it instead of pasta or spaghetti....
I made like a vege tomato sauce dish and mix through the cooked spaghetti squash to give it some body....its nummers:) with less calories

I use spaghetti squash instead of rice or noodles in stir fry.

I've also mixed it with shredded carrots, shredded zucchini, yellow squash, some spiced, egg whites and parm cheese and made a "casserole side dish" with it.

It's good with some garlic, butter and a touch of sour cream.

Really and truly - the possibilities are endless...

Great post! I just bought one this weekend and am completely lost on what to do with it...haha! The garlic and butter sounds good.

Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

1 spaghetti squash (about 2-1/4 lb. - to equal 3 cups cooked squash)
3/4 lb. bulk Italian sausage
1-1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 medium green or red sweet pepper, chopped
1/3 cup chopped onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup sliced black olives
1/2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning, crushed
1/8 tsp freshly ground black papper
2 cups diced tomatoes
3/4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
3/4 cups shredded parmesan cheese
1/4 cup snipped Italian parsley

You can either bake the squash - puncture it with a fork and bake at about 375 for approx. 1 hour or till tender when pierced with a fork -- or microwave the squash. I prefer the microwave method, as it's faster.

Halve squash crosswise; remove seeds. Place cut sides down in rectangular baking dish. Add 1/4 cup water. Cover with waxed paper (leaving a corner open to vent) and miicrowave on high 13-15 minutes or until squash is tender when pierced with fork. Rearrange squash once during cooking.

In a large skillet cook sausage, mushrooms, sweet pepper, onion, and garlic until sausage is no longer pink. Stir to break up sausage, then drain the fat.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Scrape pulp from squash (about 3 cups). Wipe out baking dish and coat with nonstick cooking spray. Spread half the squash in dish, add half the sausage mixture and half the olives. Sprinkle with seasoning and black pepper. Top with half the diced tomatoes and half the cheeses. Top with remaining squash, sausage, olives, and tomatoes.

Bake for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheeses. Bake for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley. Makes 6 servings.

www.sparkpeople.com has a great Nutrition calculator

Hi there,

We tend to eat Spaghetti squash at least oce or twice a week. Usualy replace pasta with it but I recently seen a recipe for Spaghetti squash pizza. I don't have the recipe with me at work but it's defenitely worth searching online for. Sounds delicious!

Good Luck!

AndreeT,
thanks so much for the idea, would love to have you post anything else you have recipe wise when you get back home when you get a moment. Thanks for the chance for me to get a bit of Googling in :laugh: on the topic, had never heard of the pizze or casserole or Lasagna ideas before.

Becca:flowerforyou:

My sister taught me this:

-once you get it cut open and scrape out the seeds
-wrap it in saran wrap
-stick it in the microwave for 20-30 minutes depending on the size of the squash, it more or less steams itself
-scrape out the insides with a fork
-add sauce
All set!
Comes out pretty good this way and no stove required .

*i try to use the stove less in the summer cause it heats up my entire apartment lol

Thanks, I like the plastic wrap/steaming idea! I'm with you on the oven in the Summer!!:sad: :laugh:

Becca♥

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