After sending my favorite recipe off to TSFL’s Nutrition Support, I have revamped it slightly to fit within program Lean & Green requirements. Here is the recipe with a minor modification, followed by the breakdown of how it fits into your a Lean & Green meal.
Ingredients:
4c cooked spaghetti squash (1 medium-large spaghetti squash – about $4-5)
8oz low-moisture part-skim shredded mozzarella cheese (on sale for $1.99)
3/4c Walden Farms Marinara Sauce
12oz cooked 95-97% fat-free ground beef or ground turkey ($3-4)
Italian seasoning, salt & pepper to taste
To cook squash: With a knife, cut a big X on the front and back sides of a spaghetti squash. Microwave until soft to the touch (about 10 mins). Open, scrape out the seeds, then scrape out 4c of the cooked squash with a spoon.
To prepare:
Put 4c of spaghetti squash on the bottom of a casserole dish
Add 4oz of the cheese
Layer on the 12oz of ground beef
Pour the sauce evenly on top of everything
Layer the rest of the cheese on top
Cook at 475 until the cheese is brown (about 30mins)
**It’s a little watery at first- let it cool off so the sauce can thicken a bit before you eat it.
Makes excellent leftovers- better than right out of the oven**
Makes 4 servings / Per serving:
1 Lean serving
3 condiments
2.5 vegetable servings
1 Lean serving
3 condiments
2.5 vegetable servings
This is still one of our all-time favorite recipes. Hope your family likes it just as much as we do!
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You don’t happen to know the weight watchers points count do you. Sounds like a good recipe for me to try.
I’m sorry, I don’t. But I would imagine that Weight Watchers should have some type of support tool that might allow you to submit the recipe & find an answer. Spaghetti squash is in the mid-range as far as carbs & veggies go. And you can choose a super lean meat/protein that will help bring the points down a bit too. Making use of the Walden Farms sauces really helps with that as well. If you get an answer, I’d love to hear, because I’m sure there are others out there that might like to know too!
I always use the Walden Farms sauce. It’s my favorite part of the whole dish! What I want to know is how much raw meet 12 oz cooked is.
If you start with about a lb, it should cook down to around 12 oz. But always re-measure after cooking!