Procrastination vs. Jodester....and she takes home the....Spaghetti Squash???

Well, to say that I've neglected this blog is ........Oh yea...said that once before in this blog:) Blah, blah, blah. Excuses, excuses. However, I'm happy to report my procrastination project is coming along famously and I'm quite certain I've perfected it. How I can be so incredibly control-freak organized at work and not keep up with this blog? Who knows.

What then, could be the catalyst to my picking up the e-pen and jumping in ? What over-whelming force drove me to do it? My discovery for today? The thing that got me soooo excited I had to resurrect the blog??? Spaghetti Squash.

That's right kids. Spaghetti squash. Oddly enough until now, I've never attempted to eat, not alone make spaghetti squash. But in light of my recent resolution to get back on the diet plan and NOT eat pasta.... Spaghetti squash it was.

So here's the deal with spaghetti squash. Like most squash, uncooked ------ NASTY. But you roast that sucker and voila! It transforms into yummy goodness.

To roast the squash, cut it down the middle long ways. Be prepared to put some muscle into it --- it doesn't like to half easy. Sprinkle it with olive oil, salt & pepper - place the halves cut-side down on a baking sheet. Roast it on 375 for 45 min or so, pull it out....let it cool. Once it's cool, use a fork to shred the squash. Like magic, it rolls up into spaghetti looking strands --- and quite honestly -- doesn't taste to far from the original.

Here's where you can get creative. Pretty much dress it up like you would pasta. Today I made a walnut-parsley-basil-lemon zest pesto/gremolata concoction to dress it....and...... perfection. It was soooooooooooooooooo good! What made it even better? The whole 20 oz of spaghetti squash????? 153 calories....seriously people??? 153 calories! Now, that didn't include my olive oil, etc --- but I'm guessing my huge plate of yumminess didn't top out above 400 calories....and I ate it for dinner too. Here's the link to the recipe I used, but I tweeked it up a bit.

THIS blows my mind. Why? --- not quite sure, but I felt the need to spread the spaghetti squash-gospel to world! So there you have it. What will tomorrow bring?? Who knows. Ok wait I do know...I'll be going out for lunch, but certainly I'll be thinking about my next super-fab spaghetti squash masterpiece;)

Until then...