Spaghetti Squash is a great vegetable to roast in the oven and then eat by itself, as a side dish, or mix with other ingredients for a tasty lunch or dinner. It's also a lighter and more popular alternative to spaghetti pasta, especially when watching carbohydrate intake.
It can be roasted in the oven within an hour. I usually set the temp. to 200C / 425F and roast cut-side-down on a baking tray for 40-45 mins. I then turn the squash cut-side-up for the last 5 minutes.
Lots of recipes call for olive oil but I find a light spray of cooking oil and some seasoning - ground black pepper - is perfect. Once the squash is tender, using a fork, the flesh can easily be scraped out in long strands. More black pepper seasoning, plus a sprinkling of red pepper flakes and/or parsley is very complementary.
The recipe below bakes the squash in the oven using water which helps the speed of cooking. Spices and traditional Mexican ingredients (black beans, corn, jalapeño pepper, cilantro) are cooked in a pan and mixed with the spaghetti squash. The dish tastes great served warm but is also ideal as a cold on-the-go snack!
It's diary free, gluten and wheat free, vegetarian, high fiber and 100% delicious!
Black Bean Spaghetti Squash
Makes 4
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Ingredients:
- 950g / 34oz / 1 spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
- 5ml / 1tsp olive oil
- 110g / 4oz red onion, chopped
- 30g / 1oz / 1 medium jalapeño pepper, minced
- 85g / 3oz red pepper, chopped
- 250g / 9oz black beans, drained (no added salt)
- 90g / 3oz sweet corn
- 1tsp chili powder
- 15ml / 1tbsp lime juice
- fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
Method:
Place the squash in a baking dish, cut-side-down. Add 1/2cup (120ml) water to the dish and cook in the oven at 190C / 375F for 30-40 minutes until the flesh is tender. Rake the flesh with a fork. Set aside.
Whilst the squash is cooking in the oven, in a pan heat the oil and cook the onion, jalapeño and red pepper and cook for 3-5 minutes.
Add the black beans, sweet corn and chili powder and cook for another couple of minutes.
Stir in the cooked squash, lime juice and cilantro. ENJOY!
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