Spaghetti squash is a great alternative to pasta or rice. The cooked squash flesh shreds into threads resembling thin spaghetti for which it is named after. They make your meal 100% healthier.
Ingredient:
1 medium-sized spaghetti squash (about 3 pounds)
Directions:
- Place whole squash in a shallow baking pan close to it’s size and add 11/2 cups water .
- Cook in preheated 375 F oven for 1 hour or until tender and easily pierced with knife.
- Remove from oven and let it cool.
- Cut squash in half lengthwise.
- Scoop seeds and fibers from spaghetti squash.
- Use a fork going back and forth across the squash to shred the pulp away from the spaghetti squash skin.
- Place strands in a large bowl and gently untangle with fork.
