I found this recipe at The Real Food Dietitians. The tag-line for the recipe perfectly captures my goals for the dish: a hearty and warm dinner. To keep the cooking time down for the dish I planned ahead and cooked the spaghetti squash the day before (when the oven was already hot from cooking a different meal). I only made one substitution in the recipe: I used Morningstar Farms 'Grillers-Crumblers' in place of the meat recommendation. The finished dish epitomized heartiness and comfort on a cold winter's night. My meatless version reduced the calories in the original recipe by 25%, cut the overall fat by 50%, and of course eliminated the cholesterol entirely. The protein count was exactly the same for the meat and meatless versions, so it's hard to imagine a reason not to go meatless (excepting allergy concerns with soy). Here's the nutritional calculation for my meat-free version: 164 calories, 6 grams fat, 14 grams carbs, 3 grams sugar, 11 grams protein.
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