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Spaghetti squash & zucchini casserole

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Ingredients:
1 Spaghetti squash
(if more than 2 lbs -- use
Half)
1 medZucchini grated
1 cupTomato sauce OR
6 ozCan tomato paste +
2 ozWater
1 tspFinely cut fresh basil
1 tspDried crushed oregano
1 tspGarlic powder or
4 Cloves finely chopped fresh
1/4 tspGround black pepper
1/4 tspSalt (optional)
Serrano chili sauce or
Other hot sauce to taste
(optional)
Procedures:
1(this dish requires 20 minutes of baking, but the first part of the preparation of the spaghetti squash can be done stovetop or microwave).
2Cut spaghetti squash in half length-wise.
3Carefuly scrape out seeds, but do not cut into the body of the squash.
4While the squash is cooking you can prepare the other ingredients.
5stovetop: place half squash cut side down in a pot with 2" (5 cm) water, cover and boil for 20 minutes.
6Microwave: place half squash in a dish with ?cup water, cover with plastic wrap and cook at high (>600 watts) for 7 minutes.
7squash is half cooked.
8With fork, scrape out squash to produce spaghetti-like strands.
9A thin, hard shell will be left.
10in a large bowl, add spaghetti squash, tomato sauce, grated zucchini and spices.
11Mix well and spoon into squash shell (or casserole dish), top with nutritional yeast, a little more garlic powder (and, if desired, non-fat grated parmesan cheese).
12bake at 350 °F.
13(175 c).
14For 20 minutes or until done.
15serves Each 8 oz (.25 l).
16Serving has 66 calories, less than 0.25 g fat.
17(this recipe was