Spaghetti squash is alternative to pasta

Why is spaghetti squash - the large, bright yellow winter squash - suddenly get on everyone's lips and foodies love? It appears flat mode on menus, high on the cooking shows on television, and as the new pasta-swap component.

Why? Because more people are discovering that a cup of cooked pumpkin strands yields just 40 calories, 10 grams of carbohydrates and 2 grams of fiber. For Weight Watchers, which is zero-point value. For pasta lovers - or people who follow the Paleo diet, where cereal products are off limits - that is, palatable innocent substitute for a cup of pasta has about 220 calories.

Spaghetti squash is a winter squash is attractive less important than his sister summer crookneck. A spaghetti squash is a large oval or oblong, pale yellow flesh yellow / orange. When uncooked meat is firm. But once you to take a fork the meat after cooking, it is immediately clear how the variety its name; the meat is separated into strands of spaghetti-like. It is easy to prepare and to reduce `s calories. It is eaten for years, even before it was fashionable.

The taste and texture are phenomenal. Although it is good, with just a little butter, salt and pepper, usually served with fried onions, peppers, and tomatoes, sauteed with little mushrooms. It Spaghetti there is a great flavor. You do not have the heavy feeling after eating, as it does with pasta.

Ways of cooking

1.      Halve squash length, seeds removed and discarded. Sprinkle cut sides with 1/2 teaspoon salt, then   brush both sides with olive oil. Place squash, cut side up, place in a baking dish and with a portion of the sheet. Roast 20 minutes, then discover and cook for half an hour, until squash is tender.

2.      Lisa Lillien, aka Hungry Girl, these are the best-selling books of cooking, a slow cooker with kicks. Put 1 spaghetti squash in a crock pot (capacity of at least 4 liters) and add half a cup of water. Cover and cook on high heat for 2 1/2 hours or until squash is tender.

3.     Cut the pumpkin in half lengthwise, pick up and throw the seeds. Use a fork to scrape the strands of spaghetti squash. Put in a colander to drain excess moisture. Dry with the removal of moisture as much as possible.

4.     Chapman started a meat fork or a barbecue with the cut pumpkin, stabbing during different locations. It is then placed in a container with a small amount of water in the soil and microwaves 10 to 20 minutes until they asked softly. When sufficiently cooled, cut in half, the seeds spoon  and a dinner fork to use to pull the strands.