do you want spaghetti with sauce and little parm, get rid of the carbs and use a roasted spaghetti sauash, you never use spaghetti again,  and im Italian.

what do you do with spaghetti squash to make it taste like spaghetti?

Hi I read your message and I'm dying to try!! Where can I get a buy sauash?? I live in New york city, you'd think hey have everything here, but they dont!! Where should I look? THanks, Kelly

My mom always baked it like any other squash, then went tender she would just take a fork and run it against the inside flesh and it would fall into the bowl looking like spaghetti :)  lol

As far as finding it - it should be find in the produce department where any other squash (i.e., butternut, acorn) are found.  You will certainly find them at any fruit/veggie markets.

 

 Thanks for the tip!  I love carbs and it's great to find an alternative to pasta.  So, it really looks like spaghetti?  Have any of you found a good tasting lo sodium tomato sauce? 

Pam

kellymvaughn:

Hi I read your message and I'm dying to try!! Where can I get a buy sauash?? I live in New york city, you'd think hey have everything here, but they dont!! Where should I look? THanks, Kelly

 

 If you're close to any of the Whole Foods in NYC they will have it.  So will Fairway; and some of the other major markets may have it; and most likely the 14th Street Farmers Market.

Hope that helps.

Pat Baird, MA, RD, registered dietitian

drpami:

 Thanks for the tip!  I love carbs and it's great to find an alternative to pasta.  So, it really looks like spaghetti?  Have any of you found a good tasting lo sodium tomato sauce? 

Pam

 

 Muir Glen, an organic brand of canned tomatoes, makes a no-salt variety of tomatoes and a tomato sauce.  It's available in most major markets like Stop & Shop, and Whole Foods.  If you Google "low sodium tomato sauce" you'll find lots of recipes to make at home. 

This is the ideal time of year to make a big pot of tomato sauce using fresh tomatoes -- and then freeze it in small containers to have on hand.  I routinely make a quick sauce by just chopping a few tomatoes, sauteeing in olive oil and adding a little Marsala (or white wine), basil, oregano (and some crushed red pepper...because I like spicy).  Cook for 5 or 10 minutes, over medium heat, and you've got a nice quick sauce.  With no added salt!

Pat