yummy...no need to say more.

So I have a new food obsession.   I tend to be a creature of habit and once I find something I love ...cough--cough--spicy Doritos's----cough--cough... I tend to eat it like it's going out of style.  This can be items that are not so healthy for me but I eat them anyways because its SO yummy...Thankful this time my new food obsession is healthy, yummy, filling, and only 45 calories per cup!!!  I bet you can't wait to know what I am talking about....here goes....:

It's Spaghetti Squash!!

This yellow noodle looking veggie is SO SO good and SO SO filling.  It has a nice sweet/sorta nutty taste.  The squash has a small crunch to it but not enough to make you think that you are eating hard noodles.  It is so simple to make and I usually buy a 4lb squash and that feeds me for at least 4 meals.(and that's when I am eating about 1 1/4 cup for each meal.  One of the greatest thing about this is I can make it in my microwave in less than 20 minutes (use a butcher knife to poke 12 holes about 1-inch deep all over the squash.  Put it in a microwave safe dish and then for every pound you microwave it for 4-5 minutes. Make sure to turn over 1/2 way through cooking. Then you just cut off one a little bit of the end and then cut in half and then use a fork to clean out the seeds and then start racking the "squash noodles" out!).

This squash is such a great alternative to have rice or noodles.  It is chalk full of vitamins and also is tons less calories that other starches you might eat.  It was great to find this yummy food since I am working hard to get fit and in better shape.

I eat this with tomato sauce and a little bit of Parmesan cheese....I eat it with just some olive oil, fresh garlic, and Parmesan cheese.  The ways to prepare this are endless.  Even if you don't like squash I would say give it a try.  It is SO worth it.

Hears to fewer calories and yummy "squash noodles"

-s.