Meaty spaghetti sauce over spaghetti squash
Recently we’ve looked at low-carb spaghetti sauce and cooking spaghetti squash. It’s not too much of a stretch to put them together and call it spaghetti. Substituting spaghetti squash for spaghetti pasta means lower calories and more fiber per serving. And everybody needs to eat more vegetables, right?
Use the nutritional analysis below to fit this easily into the Advanced Mediterranean Diet or Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet.
Cooked spaghetti squash partially teased apart with a fork
Ingredients:
3/4 cup (240 ml) low-carb spaghetti sauce
2 cups (480 ml) cooked spaghetti squash
Instructions:
Prepare the ingredients after clicking on links above. Assemble as in the photo. Enjoy.
Number of Servings: 1
Advanced Mediterranean Diet boxes: 2 veggies, 2 fats, 1/2 protein
Nutritional Analysis:
52% fat
33% carbohydrate
15% protein
408 calories
36 g carbohydrate
7 g fiber
29 g digestible carbohydrate
1,398 mg sodium
1,201 mg potassium
Prominent features: Rich in B12, copper, iron, niacin, thiamin, B6
Advanced Mediterranean Diet 