(no subject)

[weaktwos]

Today's lunch: some pasta sauce I made with spaghetti squash.

The recipe:
1 lb. of lean ground sirloin
Mushrooms, sliced
Asparagus, sliced
onions, sliced
garlic
garlic olive oil
6 oz of zinfindel wine
Italian herbs
Two bay leaves
Red Pepper, salt, white pepper to taste.

Spaghetti squash that serves as your pasta surrogate.
Sprinkle with Asiago Cheese.

Mmmm good.

Comments

[shutt3rg33k.livejournal.com]

spaghetti squash?!? oooh, tell me more! I really miss pasta.

sounds really yummy!

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I think I forgot to put the tomato sauce in the ingredients list.

A friend of mine on Atkins told me about it. Basically, take your favorite sauce and put it over the spaghetti squash. I cut the squash in half, seed it, then nuke the squash (one half in the microwave takes about 17-20 min), then you take a fork and scrape out the contents. While the squash is cooking, I've made the sauce of choice (though the sauce above probably simmered for an hour or two, and I actually threw the squash in there during the last hour to cook with the pasta, just because.

I've also taken pesto and non-fat half 'n half, added some marsala wine and some mushrooms and other veggies I had around the house and put that with the squash. It's fairly simple. :-)

When you do want to have something truly more pasta-ish, go for Vita Spelt. Spelt flour is healthier, as it has more fiber.

:-)