Hi Emily,

I cut it in half lengthwise. Then I scoop out all the seeds and discard
them. Next I put the two halves back together and wrap the whole thing in
aluminum foil.

Bake it at 350 for about an hour, or until it feels sort of softened to the
touch.

Unwrap it, and using a fork, shred away all the strands into a bowl from
both halves.

Serve it any way you like.

I like to sautee some onions till they are softened, then dump the squash in
with the onions, and toss till it is warmed up again and the onions are
blended with the squash. Sprinkle with parmigian cheese and salt and pepper
and enjoy.

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Best Regards,

Evelyn
"Emily" > wrote in message
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> Hi all. I am interested in trying out spaghetti squash for use as
> spaghetti under sauce. I have no idea how to cook it or anything though,
> so I'd appreciate a recipe or tips or something. I've already got a good
> meat sauce recipe, just want something lower carb than pasta to go under
> it.
> Actually, a friend of mine was just diagnosed as a pre-diabetic and her
> regular doc (very savvy if you ask me) is being very pro-active about it.
> She has a meter and test strips (prescribed) and is on metformin. Her doc
> told her to eat to the meter. (more or less, she said, if you wonder about
> a particular food, eat it and then test. If your meter says it's o.k.,
> keep eating it. If your meter says it isn't o.k., change). My friend has
> been trying to lose weight for a while, and has been doing a really great
> job of low carbing it. (her doc said no MORE than 45g of carb at a meal,
> and less is always good. Her doc also uses the stricter AACE BG's rather
> than the ADA BG and this is her PCP not an endo!). She has a strong
> family history of type II diabetes, and her dad is in VERY poor health
> because he eats whatever he wants and doesn't test his sugar, or take his
> meds (he's on insulin now, but doesn't really take that either..), so she
> has some good motivation to get in control and quickly. She doesn't want
> her pre-diabetes to turn into diabetes, and she's hoping that by losing
> weight she can no longer even have pre-diabetes. She has also been
> wanting to try spaghetti squash. I plan to have her and her husband over
> for dinner as soon as I'm settled in my new place, and thought it would be
> a great time to try out the spaghetti squash. (I'd also boil some
> spaghetti for her husband, who is not a fan of many things vegetable.
> Though I told her if she smothered the squash with sauce before serving it
> to him, her husband would never notice that it wasn't really spaghetti...)
>
> Anyways, any info on how to prepare spaghetti squash would be quite
> welcome. Thanks!
>
> Emily