[Collegiate Meals] How to Prep Cook and Eat Spaghetti Squash

Squash is one of those elusive vegetables.... It just sits there... staring you down at the grocery store all safe and cool in it's refrigerated reclining chair.

Well not anymore! Here's how to get past that tough skin and chow down on some noodle squash.

Step 1 Ingridients

1 Spaghetti Squash
Butter

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And you thought there would be a long shopping list. Ha!

Comments

[sadunpererarules]

in south africa its called a gem squash. and i love it with any braai (barbeque?) or stew. it tastes great. all i do is boil it, then cut it open with a knife and spoon in a bit of butter and wait for it to melt, mash it around in the shell and scrape off onto my plate. the shell and seeds i give to my two african grey parrots :P

[mgouws]

I would love to know where you buy the squash in South-Africa. Could anyone give me names of supermarkets that stock this in SA? A gem squash as I know it is a little green kind of squash but I would love to get my hands on the big yellow one. I live in Joburg

[ZenThruCraft]

I've been wanting to try the Spaghetti squash ... and now I think you've given me the courage ;)

[leeannolsen]

another way to cook it is covered in butter and seasoning salt. I usually don't use seasoning salt for anything, but it's particularly good with this type of squash. I do cook it right side up, tho, so the butter cooks into the meat of the squash.

[Red_Icculus]

When it is cooked upside down, it cooks and gets soft. After cooking, if it is flipped right side up and cooked for 10 minutes, the "noodles" are much firmer. It has a richer flavor, as I think some of the sugars caramelize. It is delicious! Good instructable!

[trebuchet03]

Thanks! I'll do that next time :D

[ijius]

as a long time grower there is always a better way. forget steaming or microwaving..no taste.cut in half , scoop seeds out and cook upside down in an oven i guess at about 350 . it is done when it is golden brown inside and you can take a fork and it is loose ...now the best part .. fill it full of a good spaghetti sauce , and cover w/ a copious amount of grated cheese. now put back in the oven . when cheese is nice and bubbly serve whole thing on a plate and eat it out of the shell. plate is there to catch the mess. i've tried steaming etc. but in my opinion this is the best. when you are done throw out the shell

[trebuchet03]

as a long time grower there is always a better way. forget steaming or microwaving..no taste.cut in half , scoop seeds out and cook upside down in an oven i guess at about 350

o.0 Better way? That's exactly the cooking method I described :P

[LasVegas]

Nothing against your technique trebuchet! It's how I cook any other squash. Well... other than pumpkin. Acorn squash is especially good made your way. It comes out tender, sweet and a bit of an added carmel flavor.

[westfw]

Pasta doesn't have a lot of flavor, either... Spaghetti squash reminds me of a distant relative to told me he put spaghetti sauce on bean sprouts for a substitute "spaghetti" meal. I think I tried it once and it wasn't awful, but I couldn't get much more enthusiastic than that.

[LasVegas]

Try it with butter and brown sugar. It's delicious!

[Punkguyta]

See, me and my father made this once, and it didn't have hardly any flavour of any kind. I don't see what's so exciting about it.

[trebuchet03]

Probably grown in poopy conditions :P Even so, it has a mild flavor to begin with. That said, it makes an excellent base and accepts seasoning very well ;) If you want, try it again and season it however you want.... This way, if you still don't like the flavor it wasn't the vegetable's fault :P

[LasVegas]

Hint: Spaghetti Squash is about the only squash that cooks well in a microwave. Just be sure that the open sides are face down in water.