Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: SPAghetti Squash Salad

Spaghetti squash is EASY!!! You just cook it in one of three ways:

1. Cut in half; scoop out seeds; steam or boil in hot water for about 20 minutes or so. Drain and give it a cold water bath. Take a fork and scrape/comb out the pulp. Doing this forms spaghetti like strands.

2. Bake in microwave. Take halved and de-seeded squash, pierce or puncture with fork/knife (i.e. STAB it like you would a potatoe) and place in a dish with a little water and zap for about 20 minutes or until it is cooked. You'll see the skin start to separate from the flesh. Once cooked, give it a cold water bath and comb out flesh with fork into spaghetti strands. Remove skin, of course!

3. Roast in oven for 40 minutes to an hour. Give it the usual cold plunge and fork comb, etc.

IT SOUNDS MORE COMPLEX THAN IT IS. Basically, just pretend you're raking a lawn, except the lawn is a squash. The guts of the spaghetti squash naturally separate to form the strands.

A spaghetti squash is has a yellow skin/shell (helmet?). It ranges from pale to deep in tone.

Separating the strands takes less than 2 minutes.

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