I have to give full credit to my friend Roni for turning me onto spaghetti squash – I never tried it before going to her site! It’s one of those vegetables I think that if you were never introduced to it as a child, never comes to mind as an adult.
Unfortunately I carried too many of my childhood food fears well into adulthood. I didn’t like avocados because of they way they looked. Salads were iceburg lettuce with ranch dressing – that’s it! Sadly, my brother Charlie still thinks that’s an acceptable salad – he has not evolved with vegetables as I have! 😀
The only vegetables I ate were cucumbers, carrots and canned green beans.
And now I can’t live without my beloved baby spinach and spaghetti squash! So if you haven’t tried spaghetti squash in a while – give it a try. I just microwave mine for 6 minutes for a medium size 0ne – I tend to like my spaghetti squash on the “crunchy” side.
The meatballs were simple to put together – 3 ounces ground sirloin mixed with 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper – cooked in a smidge of olive oil until browned on all sides – I don’t cook them too long, because they’ll finish cooking when I reheat them at work.
My plate contains a whopping 16 ounces of spaghetti squash – all for only 122 calories and 6.4 grams of fiber!
My friend and I did the “express” kick boxing workout – a perfect 35 minutes, then I did my 5 minutes of sprinting (7.0 mph!) then 5 minutes cool down.
Alright, my lunch break is officially over – come on back tonight for Grilled Beef Short Ribs!
YUM! I haven’t had spaghetti squash in ages!
I love spaghetti squash!! Gotta try those meatballs!
You have Roni and I have you! You talked about Spaghetti squash 6+ months ago and nervously, I tried it and fell in love! We don’t even use regular/real pasta anymore! You totally paid it forward!
YUMM-O… these meatballs look fabulous!!!
Spaghetti squash is still on the try list. We always say it and never do it. This time we will!
Yummy spaghetti squash! I can’t wait until it comes back into my life again – I just can’t eat it during the summer, I think because it’s hot.
I love spaghetti squash – this looks fantastic.
I still haven’t tried it with spaghetti sauce yet. It looks great though!
Roni turned me onto spaghetti squash too!!!! (don’t you just love her!?!) 😀
spaghetti squash is awesome 🙂 especially w/chix meatballs!! your bread pudding for breakfast also looks supurb!!