Thyme. Thymus. Introduce scenery from the Greek Isles to your garden with lush plantings of thyme. This sun-loving, drought-tolerant herb carpets hillsides in Greece, thriving in well-drained soil. Drought conditions concentrate the aromatic oils in thyme, so the drier your growing conditions, the better.
Pumpkin's got competition for the title of fall's best food. Spaghetti squash proves its versatility in this collection of recipes with everything from buffalo chicken spaghetti squash and healthy spaghetti squash crust pizza, to spaghetti squash shrimp scampi and lasagna stuffed spaghetti squash.paghetti squash shrimp scampi. Everyone knows that they can sub spaghetti squash for pasta in a classic spaghetti with marinara sauce. But you can go beyond that! Try this shrimp scampi from Pumps & Iron for a super easy, nutritious meal.
Once your squash is cooked, use a fork to separate the inside fibers into strands, which look much like spaghetti. You can also use spaghetti squash along with spaghetti pasta to lower the calories and carbs in your favorite spaghetti recipe. A cup of cooked spaghetti pasta has 210 calories and 40 grams of carbohydrates compared to a cup of cooked spaghetti squash at 42 calories and 10 grams of carbohydrates. Mix the two and you have lowered the calories per serving by a third.