Spaghetti Squash

Mikey introduced me to spaghetti squash about 3 years ago and ever since then I have been hooked! So happily I made some the other night and it was as always delicious. I got the recipe from Mikey, who learned how to make it from his mother. His mom told me that she use to make it for diet purposes but her kids loved it, and she would just do hers with butter and Parmesan. There are all different ways of making it but this is how Mikey first made it for me, and since then it is the only way that I want it. It is very simple and an inexpensive meal:)

List:
Spaghetti Squash
Spaghetti Sauce
Shredded mozzarella
Butter
Pepper
Garlic Salt
Salt

1) Cut the squash in half, long ways. Remove pulp and seeds.

2) Cover a pan in tin foil (for easy clean up, not mandatory though) Place squash on pan and season with Garlic salt, salt, and pepper. Put about 3 pats of butter onto each side.

3) Bake at 375 for 45-55min. It should be easy to shred when its done.

4)Next shred both pieces using a fork....

5) Then re season and mix in spaghetti sauce and top with mozzarella.

 

6) Place the squash back into the oven and bake until the cheese browns. Once browned, dish up or eat it straight out of the shell! I always eat it right out of the shell, makes it funner:)

Enjoy!!!!!!!

 

 

ttyl~Misty

Eat Your Veggies Pasta!

Hey Yall! If you are a follower of my blog you know that I LOVE my veggies. I want to share with you an easy pasta creation that I made the other night. No store bought spaghetti sauce in this dish! Mainly because I wanted it to be more of an olive oil base, I am not a snob when it comes to store bought spaghetti sauce, I use it all the time:)

Things you need:
1 Zucchini, sliced and halved
1 yellow squash, sliced and halved
half of an onion, diced
2 handfuls of spinach
1 can of diced tomatoes, drained (preferably the herb flavored ones like basil, etc)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Ground turkey
Whole wheat pasta noodles (I like thin)
Garlic (however you wish, minced garlic clove, garlic salt, garlic powder, just get some garlic!)
Salt

I never really measure out things when I cook, which most people don't unless you are baking. Everything is to taste, so add a lil here and a lil there, when it comes to your seasonings:)

1) Brown up your ground turkey, use how ever much you think you will need. Throw in your onion and some garlic salt to cook up with the turkey.

2) Bring some water to a boil for the noodles

3) In another skillet spray with olive oil, and turn on medium. Arrange the zucchini and squash so that it can brown up a little bit on each side. Once lightly browned on each side turn the eye down to medium low, and throw in the can of diced tomatoes. (if you don't want it to be so tedious you can throw everything in all at once and just cook all together, I'm just a little OCD and I like things a specific way) Season your sauce with the salt, garlic, and whatever else you like to taste.

4) Once the water for the pot of noodles is boiling, and your meat and sauce is good to go, start your noodles. This way you don't have cold noodles while you waiting on everthing else to cook.

5) Once the noodles are in, take your spinach and chop it up. Turn the sauce on low, and mix in the spinach. The spinach doesn't take long, this is why you wait till the end to throw it in, plus I like it to be fresh tasting and not overcooked.

Once you stir it in, the heat will wilt it a little and its good to go.

6) When the noodles are done drain them. Then stir the noodles and the ground turkey into the sauce to combine, and let the noodles soak up the flavor while they are warm.

7) Dish up! Pour a little bit of extra virgin olive oil on top and sprinkle with parmesan:)

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

ttyl~Misty

Witches Brew Dessert!

I had a festive Halloween dinner last friday night. I made some turkey chili, blackberry slush punch, taco cheese ball, and a delicious chocolate and cherry dessert that I am naming Witches Brew! I was so excited to come up with something festive for this years dessert. It is truly one of the easiest and tastiest things to throw together.

See the witches cauldron to the left of the punch bowl? That is dessert mmmmmm

Here is what you need...

-Plastic Witches Cauldron (I found mine at party city for like $2, wash it out before using PLEASE)

-Chocolate Pudding mix

-1 can of cherry pie filling

-1 tube of green icing (found mine at wal mart)

-Chocolate Cake or brownie mix (I used my classy chocolate pound cake mix that I ordered from www.tastefullysimple.com, which is also where I got the mix for the taco cheese ball, and blackberry slush. I have to say these mixes were amazing and helped me with time management!)

1) Bake up your cake/brownies, and prepare the chocolate pudding.

2) Once the pudding has set mix in almost the entire can of cherry pie filling, leaving a lil extra for the topping.

3) Cute up slices of cake and put a layer on the bottom of the cauldron, then put a layer of the pudding, and repeat till you have no cake left and leaving cake as the last layer that you do.

4) Then pipe out the green icing on top

5)Then take a rubber spatula and smooth out the icing, lettting some of the brown underneath show so that it gives it a murky soup look. Use the leftover cherries to throw on top randomly so that it looks a lil gory. 

Feel free to throw whatever else you want on top, maybe a hand popping out, gummy worms, etc it's all up to you. I liked mine just like this nothing extra needed:)

Mmmmmmm Enjoy!

ttyl~Misty

Taste of Atlanta

This weekend was such a beautiful one, with the sun shining and cool temperatures, it took everything I had to even enter a building! Thankfully Taste of Atlanta fell this past weekend so it was perfect to roam around downtown Atlanta.

I called up my bestie Gina and we dashed off to Tech Square to taste our lil hearts away! It was a great turn out and there were so many vendors that my 10 taste coupons went away so quickly, I think Gina stole them hmmmm.

I would have to say my favorite sample of the day was the Zucca from FIGO. It was a butternut squash and amaretto ravioli topped with a mascarpone and Italian red chicory radicchio sauce (yes I had to look that up to make sure I got it right for you). The butternut squash mixture was silky smooth with a hint of sweetness that was highlighted by the rich and creamy mascarpone cheese sauce.  Here is a link to their sight if you ever want to check them out http://www.figopasta.com/menu/ I could have walked away right then after that experience and been satisfied for the day, but there were many more flavorful experiences to be had so on we went.


The bbq from Williamson Brothers was soooooo good http://www.williamsonbros.com/

They had a smoker set up right at the venue so the aroma put you in a trance and you just had to grab some napkins and chow down on the smoky deliciousness.

Gina enjoying some bbq:)

I really can't keep track of all the places that we tasted but I have a couple more pictures to help capture the day...

What a great day it was to Taste Atlanta!

Hope yall have a great week

ttyl~Misty