Access to all articles, new health classes, discounts in our store, and more!
Slow Cooker Spaghetti Squash
For grain-free eaters who miss pasta, one solution is spaghetti squash, a delicious and curiously pasta-like vegetable that you can top with all kinds of delicious sauces. Making it is simple if you use your slow cooker.
The advantage to this is that you don’t have to wrestle with trying to cut the squash in half. Just plop the whole thing in the slow cooker and set a timer. However, oven roasting is also easy, once you get the squash halved.
Makes 4 servings
- 1 medium spaghetti squash
- 1 tablespoon ghee, melted
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
Put the spaghetti squash in the slow cooker, cover, and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours, or until the squash feels soft. Remove the squash and let it cool until you can handle it. Cut it in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, and scrape out the pasta-like strands with a fork.
Alternatively, preheat the oven to 375° F. Cut the squash in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, put the halves cut-side down in a large roasting pan or on a rimmed baking sheet, and roast for about 40 minutes, or until you can easily pierce the squash with a fork. Use a fork to scrape out the pasta-like strands.
Put the spaghetti squash “noodles” in a large bowl and drizzle with ghee, then sprinkle with the nutritional yeast and sea salt and pepper to taste. You can also top this with your favorite bolognese or marinara sauce.
About the Author
Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials. She is also a patient with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. Dr. Wahls restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles (paperback), and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life: The Revolutionary Modern Paleo Plan to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions, all available via PPNF’s Amazon Store affiliation.
Check out these other healthy and delicious recipes from Dr. Wahl including main dishes, salad and dessert:
Reprinted from The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life available via PPNF’s Amazon Store affiliation, by arrangement with Avery Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, a Penguin Random House company. Copyright © 2017 Terry Wahls.
Published in the Price-Pottenger Journal of Health and Healing
Spring 2017 | Volume 41, Number 1
Copyright © 2017 Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, Inc.®
All Rights Reserved Worldwide