Rejoice, fellas: You needn't banish your favourite bowl of gloppity goodness to cheat days, or even more depressing - load your go-to sauce on some underwhelming pasta understudy (see: "whole wheat", anything labelled "gluten-free"). Easy-to-make spiralised vegetables - whole veggies sliced into spaghetti-like threads - can turn the tuber or legume of your choice into a to-die-for Italian feast. Unlike flour-based pastas, noodles made of squash, beets, sweet potatoes, et al, are low in calories, high in smart carbs/fibre, super filling (because of their water content), and won't spike your blood sugar. Best of all, with the right sauce, they're flat-out tasty as hell.
Squash spaghetti! (And other great plant pastas)
More than 20 veggies can be spiralised. Here, the six we love most.
SWEET POTATO
TASTE: Honeylike; makes sauces pop
HIGH IN: Vitamins A, C; potassium
BEST SERVED: Sautéed, roasted
PAIRS WELL WITH: Curry/raisins/onion; thyme/garlic/chillies
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