Tasty Tuesday: Skinny "Spaghetti"

Happy Tuesday, you guys! Im here today with a recipe that I got from Pinterest here.

So, here's what you need to make this recipe:

1 spaghetti squash (you can get this in the veggie area near the other squash like butternut)--I suggest getting one around 1.5-2 pounds if you're making this just for you. (I got 3.9 pounds and it made quite a bit)
olive oil
tomatos, diced
oregano
basil
feta cheese
salt/pepper

After looking everywhere online for what was the best easiest way to cook this beast of a squash (mine was 3.9 pounds), I decided that I was going to cook it in the microwave. I found this YouTube video that made it pretty easy to follow along: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSLybNuG84o

1. Before you cook it, poke holes in the squash with a knife, all over the squash. You dont want a squash explosion!

My squash, with holes poked

2. I put my squash into a pyrex dish and microwaved it for 4 minutes per pound. Since mine was about 4 pounds, I ended up microwaving it for about 19 minutes. BUT, you need to rotate this every 3-4 minutes (I did every 4 minutes, and then cooked it for an additional 3 minutes, which is how I got to 19 minutes). You'll know it's ready when you can poke a fork at it and it's soft.

3. Let the squash sit for 5 minutes before you cut it open. While this was cooling, I cut up an onion and cooked it briefly in a pan with the tomatoes and basil.

Once your squash is cooled, cut it open. When you start, slice off the stem and then cut the squash in half length-wise.

4. Scrape out the seeds and bits of guts in the middle. I used an ice cream scraper since it was more of a scoop. It looked like this when I was done:

5. Use a fork and scrape down the length of the squash. This is where you will get the spaghetti strands. I put them aside in another bowl. 

6. When you have all of the spaghetti squash into a bowl, add in your onion/tomato/basil/oregano mixture and the feta cheese. Mine looked like this when I was done making my single portion (there was a BIG tupperware container filled with more).

I tried it and I liked it with the feta, but overall it was kind of bland despite adding in the seasoning. I actually think this would taste really good by just adding in spaghetti sauce (whatever kind you like). 

The nice thing about this is that it is SO low in calories--I think I saw somewhere that spaghetti squash is something like 42 calories and .4 grams of fat per cup, which is practically nothing. And it's pretty good. I just wouldn't necessarily do the tomato mixture.

There you have it. I tried something new, it wasn't bad for me, and I didn't blow up the squash in my microwave! A win in all columns!! :)

Do you think you'll try it?

I bought the ingredients to make these bad boys a little later...

Not quite as healthy...but I'll just pretend :) Once I do it, I'll let you know how it goes!