How to Make a Diabetic Friendly Spaghetti Bolognese

How to Make a Diabetic Friendly Spaghetti Bolognese RealMeals.TV HealthyMeals Diabetic friendly spaghetti bolognesse Chef: Shelly Boston, MA Hi I’m Shelly and I’m going to be making a very traditional Italian dish spaghetti bolognesse but I’m going to be making it in a very nontraditional way so it’s suitable for my diabetic friends who are coming for dinner tonight. Instead of pasta, I’m going to be using spaghetti squash and instead of ground beef I’m going to be using good ground which is a soy alternative so let’s start cooking. I started by dicing the onions. In a medium sauce pan add 1 tablespoon of Olive oil to heat. When the oil is hot add the onions to sauté. Stirring the onions occasionally cook them over a medium heat until they’re soft to translucent about 3 or 4 minutes. When the onions are ready add the whole package of good ground. Turn the heat down and we’re ready to add the sauce. Pour in the whole can of crushed tomatoes; add the whole can of chopped tomatoes. Mix them together. These are baby Bella mushrooms. They hold up very well in the sauce to have a very meaty flavor. I’m adding the coarsely chopped baby bella mushrooms to the sauce. The sauce has been simmering for about 10 minutes, time to give it a stir and add the herbs. ½ cup of fresh parsley and 1 cup of fresh basil and one tablespoon of fresh rosemary. Now let’s cover it and let it continue to simmer for another 20 minutes while we prepare the spaghetti squash. Spaghetti squash is really very easy to prepare. First, start by cutting off the 2 ends. Next cut the squash in half. Next we core out the inside. Set the two halves in a microwave safe baking dish add water to the bottom about an inch and fill the 2 cavities with water. Cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap and cook in the microwave at full power for 10 minutes. Okay, let’s check back on our sauce. Bolognese sauce is traditionally thick and hardy but if the sauce looks too thick to you, you can add a ½ a cup of reduced sodium vegetable bullion. Traditionally, you would use wine but you don’t want to add the extra sugars for our diabetic friends. It’s 10 minutes let’s check the squash. Be very careful because this pan is very hot now it will be a lot of steam coming out once we take off the plastic wrap. Test the squash with a fork. You want the squash to be soft but not mushy. I’m going to rinse the squash in cold water to stop the cooking and to make it cool enough to handle. Why is it called spaghetti squash a simple kitchen fork will show you how, look at that hits of squash, hits of spaghetti, I don’t know but it’s delicious. After 20 minutes the sauce is done and this spaghetti squash Bolognese is ready to eat. Mmmm!