Spaghetti squash can be a great swap for traditional pasta if you're looking to cut calories or get a fiber boost. 1 cup of spaghetti squash has about 40 calories, 2 g fiber while 1 cup of traditional pasta has 220 calories and 3 grams of fiber. With a fraction of the calories per cup, you can halve a light meal with spaghetti squash that will leave you satisfied. The fresh taste of basil can bring the feel of spring to even the dreariest winter days. To enjoy basil anytime, wash and dry fresh basil and store in the freezer. Using frozen basil, straight from the freezer into recipes will bring the freshest flavor anytime. Ingredients:
1 Medium Spaghetti Squash 1 Tbsp Olive Oil + some for cooking 1 c Fresh Basil 1/2 Onion, sliced 1 Green Pepper, sliced 2 Cloves Garlic 1 c Milk, 2% 4 oz Goat Cheese 1/2 c Parmesan Cheese 1 c Kale, shredded Sweet potatoes make an excellent vitamin packed side. If your used to loaded sweet potatoes with extra sugar and marshmallow, try these just once with some cinnamon and butter. The cinnamon helps to bring out the sweet potatoes natural sweetness you won't even miss the added sugar.
By baking whole sweet potatoes you can skip the trouble of peeling sweet potatoes. Once they are baked the skins easily separate from the flesh. Extra sweet potatoes can be made ahead of time to enjoy throughout the week. Ingredients: Sweet Potato, about 6 oz each Salt Butter, 1 tsp per potato Cinnamon Directions: Preheat your oven to 400. Thoroughly wash and scrub sweet potatoes. Cut away any bad spots ("eyes", soft spots). Pierce the skin your sweet potatoes several times with a fork. Sprinkle outsides lightly with salt. Individually wrap the sweet potatoes in aluminum foil. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour, until soft. Carefully unwrap your sweet potatoes. To Serve: Make a slit in the top of the sweet potato. Push both ends together to open sweet potato. Place a pat (about 1 tsp) of butter in the opening of the potatoes and sprinkle with cinnamon. Enjoy :) Nutrition Information: 215 calories, 3 g Protein, 5 g Fat, 41 g Carbohydrates, 348 mg Potassium, plus over 6X's your daily value of Vitamin A! |
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