I am a volume eater. It’s part of my food issues. So, when I am counting my calories, I am often looking for food I can eat a lot of for not a lot of calories. Unfortunately, most of the food that falls in that category is stuff like spinach, kale, lettuce, onions, and broccoli.
Don’t get me wrong, I love all of these food. Well, I *like* most of these foods. But, they aren’t exactly foods that I want to eat more than a serving.
Enter my new best friend, spaghetti squash.
Now, I’ve known about spaghetti squash for a long time, and have had bad experiences with it until the last two times I’ve eaten it. One of those times was tonight.
I had my parents over for spaghetti, with marinara and sun dried tomato sweet italian chicken sausage.
I cut the spaghetti squash in half, and put it face down on a cookie sheet that had a thin layer of water in it, and cooked it at 375 for about 45 minutes.
It was PERFECT. (Not like my butternut squash fail from the other day.)
I combined that with whole wheat spaghetti and topped it with two jars of spaghetti sauce and chicken sausage that had been simmering for about an hour with a clove of fresh garlic-minced, some random italian seasonings, and my favorite pizza/pasta sweet, a bit of sugar, and hot seasoning, and a dollop of goat cheese on top.
Here’s my favorite seasoning for pizza and spaghetti that I was talking about:
It was delicious, and so low in calories, because a cup of spaghetti squash is 40 calories, and 1/2 cup of the sauce I used was 60 calories. The chicken sausage was Meijer brand, and it was 110 calories for one of them! So, I was excited to be able to add the goat cheese. It takes marinara to the next level.
It looked nice, too, but I stuffed it in my face too fast. I didn’t get to take a picture.
We also had some delicious Coppola Cabernet that my brother had bought me for my birthday. I was in the mood for a glass of wine. And, I knew my dad would participate.
So, for tonight, spaghetti squash is my new best friend.
I will have to try it with different toppings and sauces.
Any suggestions?!
The good thing about a low calorie a day is that I can end it with a York Peppermint Patty ice cream bar.
My husband is working 1-10 at home in our “office” room. I put “office” in quotes because a more accurate name would be, “the room that has our computer and everything else that doesn’t have a place especially when we are having people over to our house.”
I am glad today is Thursday, because that means only TWO sleeps until MADONNA!!!!
I love concerts….there are so many I’ve seen, but even more that I still want to see.
What concert would you love to see!?!
later taters!!
oxoxox
Beth WA
YUM! buying some spaghetti squash tomorrow!
Andy has introduced U2 to the kids, one CD at a time. So we are anxious to take our kids to their first concert, U2!