So I tried a new recipe last night, well not entirely new. I attempted once before but it was a complete and utter fail. I had heard a ton about spaghetti squash and using it as a substitute for pasta so I gave it a try last spring. I read about using a crock pot to cook the squash so I followed the instructions and when I returned from work (a little later than I had hoped) and sadly found a mushy mess in my pot. I couldn't even cleanly take it out of the crock pot, it fell apart and fell everywhere. Ugh. So needless to say I gave that idea pretty quickly.
Fast forward to grocery shopping this weekend and I thought, ok, I've done really well eating right, and am going to give this a go again. This time in the oven, not a crock pot. So I went to the section of the produce aisle that had squash, and went to grab the spaghetti squash. When I read the little sticker on the squash I realized that it wasn't a spaghetti squash. I had grabbed a butternut squash the last time, and attempted to cook that in my crock pot all. day. long. No wonder it didn't work!!! I literally cracked up in the middle of Shaw's and immediately texted my cousin to explain to her my hilarious mistake. I took the right squash and was on my way.
Last night I cooked the squash- successfully I might add- and used this recipe from Skinny Taste for roasted broccoli. I also cooked chicken breast to add as well. I'm not the world's greatest cook so I was thrilled that this came out good! I took a picture before I ate the whole thing and headed off to barre class. Yum!
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