Both pasta and spaghetti squash have low amounts of fat, salt, and fiber. However, pasta has over 100 calories, while spaghetti squash has only about 20 calories, is richer in protein, and has far fewer carbs than pasta's 31 grams. Creating vegetable spaghetti from spaghetti squash is simple.
Spaghetti squash is fairly easy to grow, as are most squashes. However, it is also available year round in most large supermarkets these days. When selecting spaghetti squash at the market, look for hard, dense pieces with no soft spots. Also look for uniformity of color with no green in it (either pale yellow or orangeâdepending on variety).
Tasty spaghetti squash is great stand-in for carb-dense noodles.