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Spaghetti Sauce on Rice?

Becky1971
Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
edited September 2024 in Recipes
Anyone ever eat spaghetti sauce on rice?
One of my families favorite meals is spaghetti, and it's one of mine too. But I shouldn't be eating wheat. So was wondering how it might be with rice? This is what I have in the house right now.

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  • NotaNikki
    NotaNikki Posts: 40
    I do this sometimes. It's not as great as pasta, but still yummy.
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    Okay, I will give it a try.

    I'm feeling some discomfort this morning after eating some sun chips last night, (I think I may be more sensitive than I originally thought, how this stuff just all of a sudden comes on, I don't know) so i'm not wanting to add more wheat today.
  • shalma
    shalma Posts: 80
    Add chicken and onions and green peppers and put over rice and it's chicken caccaitore.
  • LJCannon
    LJCannon Posts: 3,636 Member
    I think it would be great!! I used Spaghetti Sauce in meat loaf the other night and everyone LOVED it!!
  • kaitlynsmom
    kaitlynsmom Posts: 140 Member
    I love speg sauce on fried coleslaw!!!! You can eat so much also since the coleslaw is so low in calories.
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    Add chicken and onions and green peppers and put over rice and it's chicken caccaitore.

    Oh really I didn't know that. I haven't ever made spaghetti with chicken, but I told my husband we would be having chicken more often. I have more ideas and lower calorie ideas cooking with chicken. And I like it better. lol
  • rjnandjosh
    rjnandjosh Posts: 168
    I buy rice spaghetti
  • biddysaurus
    biddysaurus Posts: 156 Member
    They make rice noodles. They're in the Asian food section of our store. :)
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    Thanks everyone!

    I will look for Rice noodles next time I go to the store.
  • caligirl86
    caligirl86 Posts: 82
    Try shirataki tofu noodles.. It takes a little gettin used to... but Its just like Spaghetti... And only 20 calories a serving!
  • lilac67
    lilac67 Posts: 311
    This is an old WW trick, but using canned bean sprouts instead of spaghetti noodles and I think it is good too, and about 50 cal per cup.
  • caligirl86
    caligirl86 Posts: 82
    This is an old WW trick, but using canned bean sprouts instead of spaghetti noodles and I think it is good too, and about 50 cal per cup.
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    Cool I will have to check this out! Thx
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  • katschi
    katschi Posts: 689 Member
    I love speg sauce on fried coleslaw!!!! You can eat so much also since the coleslaw is so low in calories.

    Wow. I've never tried that. What a great idea.
  • hroush
    hroush Posts: 2,073 Member
    mix a pound of lean hamburger (or chicken), taco mix, fried onions, bell peppers, spaghetti sauce, and rice and you have spanish rice.
  • momofcami
    momofcami Posts: 45
    What about spaghetti squash? I often use that as a base to my spaghetti sauce on nights when my family eats pasta. It's obviously not as filling or satisfying as pasta - but very low cal and nutricious.
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    Try shirataki tofu noodles.. It takes a little gettin used to... but Its just like Spaghetti... And only 20 calories a serving!

    I just learned last night that the sprouts I eat at Mongolian Grill are bean sprouts, as in soy bean, isn't that what tofu is Soy?
  • bootbuilder
    bootbuilder Posts: 24
    Actually had this last night on brown rice. Added some steamed veggies and it turned out pretty good.
  • JosieMomGramma
    JosieMomGramma Posts: 727 Member
    Here is a good recipe with salsa rather than spaggetti sauce:
    Slow cooker Salsa Chicken: 4 servings 1 serving = approx. 250 calories (plus rice calories)

    4 boneless chicken breasts 1/3 pkg. low sodium taco seasoning ( or more if you like it spicy)
    1 can fat reduced mushroom soup 1/2 cup light or fat free sour cream
    1 cup salsa
    Add chicken to slow cooker. Sprinkle with Taco seasoning, pour salsa & soup over chicken. Cook on low for 6 hours. Stir in sour
    cream just before your serve it. Put over rice or rice noodles.

    I have served this to company & had good comments. It is full of flavour!
  • TiffanyW1014
    TiffanyW1014 Posts: 599 Member
    Some of these ideas sound wonderful I am going to have to try this!!
  • dlaizure
    dlaizure Posts: 4 Member
    No, but spaghetti sauce on couscous is awesome.

    I take diced canned tomatoes and mix it with spaghetti sauce to lower the calories a smidgen. Sauteed mushrooms, green peppers and onions added will also punch up the volume if you are really needing a quantity of food.

    Either way, it's a quick meal or emergency snack. Cooked couscous stays in the frig for several days.
  • abyt42
    abyt42 Posts: 1,358 Member
    I serve risotto on spinach with marinara....pretty tasty. It helps that spinach is strongly flavored, that the rice has some flavor from onion, turmeric, sherry and a little parmesan. It's good stuff.

    I'd be a little hesitant about just pouring marinara on white rice, but I think it has more to do with me than with rice.
  • halphord
    halphord Posts: 379 Member
    I've never tried it on rice....I would suggest spaghetti squash.
  • lji65
    lji65 Posts: 1
    I love spaghetti sauce on rice, but then again; I love anything on rice.
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    This is an old WW trick, but using canned bean sprouts instead of spaghetti noodles and I think it is good too, and about 50 cal per cup.

    When I go to Mongolian Grill, I will have bean sprouts instead of the noodles, makes me feel like I have noodles lol. I just learned yesterday that they were bean sprouts and I think they are soy.
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    I serve risotto on spinach with marinara....pretty tasty. It helps that spinach is strongly flavored, that the rice has some flavor from onion, turmeric, sherry and a little parmesan. It's good stuff.

    I'd be a little hesitant about just pouring marinara on white rice, but I think it has more to do with me than with rice.

    I always add vegies to my spaghetti sauce, green peppers and onions, I was just thinking a bit ago, that it probably would taste very similar to stuffed green peppers, so I will have to do it. I ended up not making since almost everyone was gone, and who was here had friends. And everyone was just doing their own thing. But I will be making it this week.
  • heyitsmekatie
    heyitsmekatie Posts: 544 Member
    don't know if anyone else suggested this, but you could try rice noodles. it'd *feel* more like spaghetti because the shape is similar. you can find these at asian markets or in the ethnic section of most supermarkets. i think they are 100% rice.
  • heyitsmekatie
    heyitsmekatie Posts: 544 Member
    don't know if anyone else suggested this, but you could try rice noodles. it'd *feel* more like spaghetti because the shape is similar. you can find these at asian markets or in the ethnic section of most supermarkets. i think they are 100% rice.

    i should have read the other posts before i added my two cents! i see others made the same suggestion. interested in the fried coleslaw though. anyone have a recipe?
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