I just use it like pasta. I make a meat sauce and don't treat it like a vegetable.

1 lb gound beef, browned & drained
1 diced yellow onion
2 cloves minced garlic
1 32 0z can diced tomatoes
1 8 0z can tom. sauce
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp seasoning salt

Simmer for 30 minutes.

I like to saute onions, green peppers, zucchini, summer squash, mushrooms & eggplant (either all or in various combinations) in a big dutch oven. Add bottled spaghetti sauce to the mixture, then serve on top of the squash for a delicious veggie dinner. Add provolone, mozzarella, or parmesan for variation.

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I like to saute onions, garlic, chicken sausage, roas.ted red peppers, and quartered artichoke hearts. I add some wine and then a pat of butter at the end to smooth it out and then spoon it out over the pulled apart roasted spaghetti squash. It's one of my classic fall dishes. I like to buy it in season at the farmer's market.

laxsupermom, is it red wine that you add? Sounds delicious! I must try it.

During our kitchen remodel I craved pasta, but with only a microwave and toaster oven it wasn't happening. So spaghetti squash became the great pretender. This was my favorite dish ... fresh uncooked tomato sauce ... diced tomatoes, minced garlic, lemon zest, olive oil, fresh basil. Let that sit at room temp for a couple hours then toss with the spaghetti squash.

I like it best with spaghetti sauce and meatballs- or meat sauce.

awm03, I tend to add whatever wine I'm drinking at the moment. ;-P I love my reds, but have been known to drink blushes, drier whites, sweeter whites in a pinch, and dessert wines when the occasion calls for it, etc. When we redid the kitchen my cousin gave me a "I love to cook with wine, and sometimes I even add it to the food" magnet for my frig.

Btw, it only takes 11 minutes to cook a half of a spaghetti squash in the microwave.

Natal, does it cook up the same texture as in the oven? I was worried it would be gummier in the microwave.

It is a pain to have to bake it 30-40 minutes. Microwaving it would make it much quicker and easier to have for lunch etc.

I always microwave it.

I, too, just use it as pasta - with various sauces. Yum!

tina

I put the whole, uncut squash in a low heat crockpot in the morning and forget about it until dinner time. That way I can easily slice it open with a fork & scoop out the seeds. Better than wrestling with a hard squash & a sharp knife. You could probably set the crockpot on high and the squash would be done for lunch.

Cooks up the same in the microwave. Cut it in half, scoop out the seeds, put it cut side down in a shallow dish, add 1/4 inch of water, cover and zap on high for 9-11 minutes.