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Experimental Dinner

I experimented with my veggies tonight, I chopped some garlic, onions, mushrooms, zucchini and sautéed (add olive oil) all of it. I added garlic salt, a dash of cumin, black pepper, then I got experimental….after sautéing for about 5 min, I squeezed a small orange in and a half of a lemon And let it simmer for 12 minutes.

I then grabbed some mixed greens (that were about to go bad) and some romaine lettuce, I added about 2 tsp of lemon, squeezed, and a dash of garlic salt. I think it could have used something else but I can’t figure out what it was… My grill pan killed itself and I know those would have been better “grilled” however they were still good. Anyways, I added olive oil and sautéed for several minutes (until cooked).

I cooked chicken breast on the stove with garlic salt, cumin, a dash of paprika, and squeezed part of the half of the lemon over the chicken and cooked.

The sweet potato fries were the same recipe I normally use but I added a drizzle of agave over the top to give them a sweet kick.

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I made spaghetti squash the other night for the first time and it was amazing….here’s how……..

1 spaghetti squash (this makes a lot of food so you may want to use half or be prepared for leftovers)

1 Zucchini

olive oil

garlic salt, cayenne pepper (for spice), sage

cookie sheet

Cut squash in half, pull out soggy seed stuff on the inside….(I didn’t get it all and it proved to be a pain in my you know what….so make sure you get all the seeds and gooky stuff), splash inside with olive oil….don’t use much just a drizzle, place face down on a cookie sheet and put in the oven @400 degrees for about 40 min.  I would check it at 30-35 to make sure it hasn’t burned. 

While this is cooking, cut up Zucchini and saute with olive oil on stovetop. Add 1 tsp of garlic salt and a dash of Cayenne pepper.

When you pull it out of the oven, let it cool for 5 minutes or until you can touch it without burning yourself and then grab and fork and start digging into the squash.  Start at the top and pull down, you will see all the spaghetti squash easily comes out. If it’s still hard then it probably needs more time in the oven. 

I then took the squash and placed it in the pan with the zucchini and sauteed for several minutes. I added another tsp of garlic salt and 1 tsp cayenne pepper, and a dash of sage.  I taste tested this and didn’t need to do any adjustments….you can also add marinara to this and parmesan and eat it like spaghetti!!