Pritikin Spaghetti Squash and Tomato salad

The Pritikin Eating Plan recommends you eat at least 5 (and preferably many more!) servings of vegetables each day. They’re super nutritious. Plus, you’ll just naturally eat fewer calories and shed excess weight. This healthy recipe for Pritikin Spaghetti Squash and Tomato Salad is vegetable-rich, only takes 3 ingredients plus your favorite dressing, and can be a tasty vegetable and entree, all in one.  Spaghetti squash is delicious and a dieter’s dream! One cup, cooked, is just 43 calories. It’ll fill you up but not out. And it’s so versatile. You can top spaghetti squash with just about any sauce you’d use for pasta. When paired with tomato and basil, spaghetti squash is a darn good replacement for spaghetti. Think of it as faux-pasta. Pritikin Outrageous Asian Salad Dressing is available online in the Pritikin Market.

Pritikin Spaghetti Squash and Tomato Salad

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Course: Entrees, Salads

Cuisine: Healthy Spa Cuisine

Keyword: Pritikin, Squash, Tomatoes

Servings: 4 Servings

Calories: 62kcal

Courtesy Of: Pritikin Longevity Center, Florida

When paired with tomato and basil, spaghetti squash is a darn good replacement for spaghetti. Think of it as faux-pasta. This is good chilled, as a salad, and warm as an entree.

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 whole spaghetti squash halved and deseeded
• ▢ 1 cup tomatoes diced
• ▢ 1/2 cup fresh basil cut into thin strips
• ▢ 1/2 cup Pritikin Italian Sunshine Salad Dressing

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place spaghetti sauce, cut side down, on a baking tray and bake until soft (about 25 minutes).
• Use a spoon to scoop out the inside of the squash, and cool / chill.
• Toss diced tomatoes with basil and combine with squash and your favorite Low Fat Reduced Calories Salad Dressing.

Spa Index Kitchen Notes

Pritikin actually serves this with an Asian dressing, but we like this warm, with Low Calorie Italian Dressing.  Pritikin has its own, for both flavors, which is 10 calories for two tablespoons, but we calculated using a store-bought Low Fat Italian Dressing.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 62 kcal (3%) | Carbohydrates: 10 g (3%) | Protein: 1.25 g (3%) | Fat: 2.5 g (4%) | Sodium: 28 mg (1%) | Potassium: 232 mg (7%) | Fiber: 2 g (8%) | Sugar: 5 g (6%) | Vitamin A: 1250 IU (25%) | Vitamin C: 8.3 mg (10%) | Calcium: 40 mg (4%) | Iron: 0.7 mg (4%)

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The Pritikin Eating Plan is proven in more than 100 peer-reviewed studies to have life-saving benefits like lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. Plus, you aren’t losing your mind while losing weight. There’s no calorie counting, no hunger. Just plenty of healthy, whole foods deliciously prepared, like the recipes shared with Spa Index.   Pritikin was the first comprehensive lifestyle program in America, and after 39 years on the cutting edge of lifestyle science, we are still the longest-running, most successful program for reversing many of modern society’s health concerns, including obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.   More than 100,000 people worldwide have come to Pritikin Longevity Center, in Miami Florida, for one-week programs, two-week programs, or longer. For some, the primary goal is losing weight. Others want to prevent and address health issues. Still others seek the ultimate spa-health vacation. Everyone leaves feeling better and, best of all – living better.