It is made mostly from semolina, a granular flour that is used to make conventional pasta, with a patented fiber blend added to block digestion of most of the product's carbohydrates.
Dreamfields is advertised as having only 5 grams of digestible carbohydrates for each 2-ounce serving. Dakota Growers' regular product has about 42 grams.
In human tests, the product did not have a laxative effect, Anfinsen said. Blood sugar testing confirmed the pasta's low levels of digestible carbohydrates, said Dr. John Abernethy, owner of a medical clinic in Gainesville, Fla., where testing has been conducted for six months.
Hmmmm, thats a lot of undigestable stuff If it doesn't have a laxative effect....I wonder where it goes.
I actually tried some pasta the other day and guess what! I don't like pasta anymore! I couldn't believe it! I was sitting there thinking ' this is just so unsatisfying, where's my spaghetti squash?'
I am trying Spagetti Squash for the first time this week.....little worried because I don't like squash but thought with it smothered in cheese sauce maybe I would like it.
Jane - it is sooooooooooo wonderful! Somewhere in the recipe thread is my recipe for OhHellYeah. If you like garlic and spicy, I highly recommend it. It's also devine with pesto, regular spaghetti sauce (I add lots of italian sausage), alfredo, just butter and parm.....you name it.
It doesn't taste like squash, and if it's cooked right, it doesn't have that texture either. It looks like strands of spaghetti, and it's kindof sweet and a little crunchy. I'm not sure how I ever lived without it.
Now there's none in the grocery stores and I'm having fits over it. It's growing in my garden now, though! Just a couple more months and it's all mine!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Vegetable Spaghetti
My mom brought us dinner the other day. A very suspicious act.
Her incredible marinara sauce and a big tub of steamed spaghetti squash.
What gives here? I did nothing to deserve this. It came out of the blue. I can’t go along with her “I cooked too much of this” explanation, because there was simply too much food.
I suspect she may be concerned for my husband’s well-being now that I’m not cooking as much as I used to. He has dropped quite a bit of weight. She may have made up her mind that it’s up to her to save him. This dinner was her rescue mission.
Am I shamed?
No. Not exactly.
Elbowing my husband aside, I dove into the squash, eating it with my fingers, cold, sauceless. Wonderful.
This is the season for vegetable spaghetti, one of the curcurbits, a potassium rich, fiber-full, low-calorie, filling squash. We grow it in this part of the world as a winter squash, and can find it in pale yellow and deep orange varieties in grocers and greengrocers everywhere.
But the first time we had it, back in the 70s or 80s, we considered it strictly diet food. Mom would cook spaghetti squash for us and pasta for the skinnier members of the family. While these sorts of substitutions often left me a little unsatisfied, the squash trick never did.
It’s crunchy, sweet, and fun to play with, if you like to play with your food. And who doesn’t?
But it’s not strictly diet food. Spaghetti squash has gotten kind of hip, and today you’ll find it served in the most elegant settings in some very surprising ways.
Try it cold, as I did, but using a plate and a fork if people are around. Later that night I dressed a bit in a grapeseed oil flavored with ginger then topped it with a little chopped basil. Perfect.
Or cook it up in your next frittata, an Italian omelet that you might normally make with regular pasta or potatoes. Skip those starches, and make your frittata with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and squash.
Use it as a nest for roasted meats, seafoods, and fishes. I’ve seen Emeril dress spaghetti squash with cinnamon and nutmeg to serve with pork. Wow.
Your kids will love it tossed with olive oil and parmesan cheese.
And of course use it to replace the pasta. Spaghetti squash is great with your marinara, Bolognese, or clam sauces.
To cook a spaghetti squash, just half the squash length-wise, and place it, cut side down, in a glass or pyrex chafing dish, with enough water to come about half way up the sides of the dish. Prick the skin all over with a fork. Cover with plastic if you’re microwaving, foil if you’re baking. Microwave, on high for two sessions of 5-7 minutes, turning between them. Or bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes. The squash will be soft, and the skin will give when it’s done. Let it cool, then pull the spaghetti-like strands from the skin. Separate the strands with a fork or your fingers.
And then experiment with it.
Or offer it to someone who looks as if his wife isn’t feeding him enough.
Ok. How do you cook spaghetti squash? And pesto? What's that? And doesn't regular spaghettie sauce have too much carbs? I'm learning new stuff here. Haven't tried the spaghettie squash yet.
what I'm trying to figure out is a way to make my noodle salad. It was just shelled noodles, mixed with miracle whip, peas and some cheese (and onions). Any ideas?
* The article posted above explains how to cook spaghetti squash
* Pesto is generally basil, pine nuts, garlic and olive oil all ground up together.
* Spaghetti squash will probably work fine for what you're trying to do. Make a little bit and try it out!
* It depends on the spaghetti sauce. Some are as high as 9 for 1/2 a cup. Others, like Carb Options, Essensia 4 cheese, or Classico spicy red pepper are only around 4 or 5. Mix some italian sausage in to fill it out, and then I'm only using 1/4 cup of sauce for my meal. 1 cup spaghetti squash + 1/4 cup sauce = 10.5 grams of carbs.
Oh yummy. It sounds good. I'll have to put squash on my grocery list. DH will faint! I guess I missed the directions on how to cook it the first time. Thanks for pointing it out. Dang ADD!! GRRR.
Low-carb pasta
If it doesn't have a laxative effect....I wonder where it goes. 
