Spaghetti squash is used to make a sweet course here.

Scrape out the spaghetti squash and mix with the puree.

Top with spaghetti squash and then the remaining crumbs.

Spaghetti squash are relatively easy to grow, thriving in gardens or in containers.

Instead of pork in the spaghetti squash and rye bread cakes, feel free to use ham or game.

Stir in the spaghetti squash and 1 teaspoon of salt and cook until heated through.

This one is a bush-type spaghetti squash and each squash weighs three to five pounds.

Spaghetti squash can be baked, boiled, steamed, or microwaved.

He then adds the surprise of spaghetti squash and the richness of a potato gratin.

"Spaghetti squash," she said, "has revolutionized my life."

And the one time I tried the tuna with spaghetti squash and wild mushrooms, the vegetables were far more impressive than the dry, gray fish.

Spaghetti squash plants may cross-pollinate with zucchini plants.

Spaghetti squash contains many nutrients, including folic acid, potassium, vitamin A, and beta carotene.

Spaghetti squash is baked or sometimes boiled, its flesh truly suggestive of spaghetti and often served topped with a sauce.

Salmon ($14.50) is seared to a brittle crust on the outside but still juicy within, served with a crisp disk of spaghetti squash and potatoes.

Spaghetti squash, a rather bland-tasting vegetable whose flesh comes away in long, skinny strands when roasted, can sometimes be found in supermarkets.

Spaghetti squash marinara, deftly made with sautéed garlic and fire-roasted tomatoes, was a recent winning appetizer.

Spaghetti squash is truly the weirdest member of the family, and people obsessed with weight control tend to concentrate on the "spaghetti" aspect of its name.

Spaghetti squash can be baked, boiled or steamed, and served with sauce as pasta, or used as a vegetable base for macaroni and cheese.

American pheasant roulade, filled with spinach and pine nuts in a zinfandel sauce is the main course, accompanied by spaghetti squash and a variety of vegetables.

Giant sea scallops were crisply seared and teamed up with spaghetti squash and blinis garnished with different caviars.

Sour cherries are an inspired match for warm morsels of peppered duck with spaghetti squash and translucent ravioli filled with Swiss chard.

Refreshing and unusual accompaniments were a nest of buttery spaghetti squash (with a touch of clove) and thin chips of crisp sweet potatoes.

Delectable surprises hide in unlikely-sounding offerings, like fricassee of spaghetti squash and vegetables, bread pudding with mushroom ragout and roasted tomato salad.