spaghetti squash : 9 results priced between £1.00 and £5.00

Position: full sun Soil: fertile with additional organic matter The vegetable that thinks it's a pasta! A big, pumpkin-like plant which scrambles vigorously across a wide area, this summer squash produces pale yellow fruits 20cm long, whose flesh separates out into spaghetti-like strands after cooking. Cut in half and bake in its skin with garlic and butter, then scoop out the flesh with a fork for a deliciously fragrant side salad. The flowers are edible too, although you should use...

Squash variety that when opened, this particular variety of squash has a flesh that is very 'stringy' hence the name spaghetti. The flesh has a sweet taste which makes it ideal with many different types of meal and is a very good alternative to potatoes when fried. The bright yellow skin is not as soft as that of a courgette but it is also not as hard as a 'standard' squash so it really falls between the two, we think it is more of a squash.

Sow seed, 1cm (½ inch) deep in 7.5cm (3 inch) pots of free draining compost. Place in a propagator or seal container inside a polythene bag and place at 20-25C (68-77F) until after germination which takes 7 to 10 days. Do not exclude light, as this helps germination. Can also be sown direct outdoors once the soil has warmed. Space 75cm (30 inches) apart.

Oblong Kabocha Type , Circa 1890 USA- (Cucurbita pepo) – What an Oblong Surprise! A creamy, buttery yellow skin & orange flesh, that when cooked, falls away from the fruit in ribbons or strands like spaghetti, Its taste is nothing like spaghetti, But has a slight sweetness & if not overcooked, is crunchy & smooth. Can be baked, boiled or steamed & served with sauce as for pasta, or used as a base for macaroni & cheese. Grow around a trellis or fence adding rustic beauty of your garden. Wt: 2 - 4...

C27 - As used by Toby Buckland on BBC Gardeners World 23/4/10. The inside of this squash is a mass of 'spaghetti' like strands which are used in exactly the same way. They are boiled whole, the flesh scooped out with a fork and then dressed with olive oil. Sow Feb-end May

Organic Squash Seeds ~ Vegetable Spaghetti ~ Tamar Organics Approx. 10 seeds Unique plant producing large fruits which are boiled or baked whole before forking out the spaghetti like flesh. Its fun and childrens love it!! Yum! SOW: April to May in 3" pots at 20 degrees centigrade. TRANSPLANT: Harden off to transplant in late May allowing 60cm between plants. HARVEST: July to September. TIP: Pick reguarly to extend cropping period. Organically Certified by the Soil Association

The real surprise comes when you come to cook it! Cut in half and bake in the oven (with about an 1" (2.5 cm) of water in the baking tray) until the flesh is soft. Once soft, 'comb' the flesh out of the skin with a fork to produce spaghetti like strands that can be used exactly as you would conventional pasta spaghetti. Served with a rich tomato sauce and a grating of cheese this is just shear bliss.

Also known as spaghetti marrow or vegetable spaghetti. Produces a fruit up to 1.2Kg in weight. Cook fruits whole by baking, boiling or steaming. When cooked the flesh forms ribbons, which are similar in appearance to spaghetti, with a slightly sweet flavour.

Everyone knows and loves the traditional pumpkin 'plump and golden carved into a Halloween lantern'; and perhaps you've prepared a pumpkin pie or a thick pumpkin soup but in the last few years other more interesting and varied varieties such as patty pans, kabocha, butternut, acorn and spaghetti squashes have become available from famer's markets and allotment gardeners. For all those cooks who have wondered what to do with these glorious new vegetables, or those who simply want some inspirational...