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Wednesday, October 28

Adventures With Spaghetti Squash

Adventures with spaghetti squash
This is my first recipe/cooking post from my new kitchen, and I could not be more excited!  The kitchen in our last house was very small and very outdated, so cooking my first meal in this beautiful, open kitchen was an absolute delight.  Oh!  And this was my very first time cooking spaghetti squash!  I've always meant to try it, but for some reason it has taken me a lot of years to actually attempt it.  Maybe it was fear of the unknown?  Laziness?  Who knows.  This particular recipe came from Blue Apron, and I have to admit, it was nice to have a helping hand with something brand new to me.  If you remember from my other Blue Apron posts, they send a refrigerated box of fresh ingredients and step-by-step cooking instructions right to your doorstep.  I've been pushed out of my cooking comfort zone many times using their services, and I love it!  Here's how my first experience with making roasted spaghetti squash went down:

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Here are the pretty components that came in my delivery.  Swoon.

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I began by prepping my ingredients-- washing and chopping veggies, and preheating the oven for the squash.

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After I cut the squash in half, it went in the oven to roast while I started the sauce on the stove.  Fresh garlic, onion, mushrooms, and oregano were the first things to go in.

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The aroma from this filled my whole house.  Oh my goodness.  The smell of home-cooked meals wafting through the house is one of my very favorite things.

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When the squash was finished roasting, I scooped out the pulp and removed the outer shell.  I threw the meat in a pan with some water and a little butter, and then cooked it a little longer until it was ready!

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This meal was one of my very favorites!  This was from the two person meal plan, but it was so filling that we ended up having extra and I got to have it for lunch the next day!  I'm already planning all the different ways I want to try preparing spaghetti squash.  So good!

I'm definitely looking forward to trying more recipes next month.  I'm especially interested in the whole wheat linguine with kale, red walnuts, and percorino cheese and the mole-mushroom tacos.  I'm so ready to get back into the swing of cooking this fall and winter!  It's one of the things Johnny and I have been most excited about in our new home.

Oh, and one more reason to love Blue Apron: they now offer a recycling program!  You can either use their recycling locator to help you find local recycling options for your packaging, or you can return your packaging for free to Blue Apron via USPS.  You can learn more about these options right here.  This makes me extremely happy!

**If you are interested in trying it out for yourself, the first 25 readers will get two free meals on their first Blue Apron order.  Just click here

Happy cooking, friends!!  xo. 



9 comments:

  1. I can imagine you are really happy about your new kitchen and what you cooked looks delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe <3
    xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
    www.dressedwithsoul.com

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  2. I've had spaghetti squash fails a couple of times! So I'm going to try this, so you cut it in half, and placed it upside down and roasted it, how hot and how long?
    Than you scope out the seeds and stuff and scooped the "noodles" into a pan and cooked it a little longer with water and butter... How much and long?

    Sorry for all the questions! This is the first time I've seen it cooked this way and want to try it! :)

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  3. It looks so yummy and delicious!!!
    Abbie E.
    http://abulouslife.blogspot.com/

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  4. That looks delicious! So sad that Blue Apron doesn't ship to Europe...

    greetings from Poland!
    http://messyhouse.pl/

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  5. wow, that looks delicious! My bf has been bugging me to try one of these foodie subscriptions....might just have to now!

    XO Sahra
    Que Sera Sahra

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  6. I only tried cooking spaghetti squash for the first time a couple years ago after finding one at our local farmers market and it definitely didn't turn out as great as yours! I have no idea what went wrong but it definitely wasn't spaghetti-like haha! We don't really see them much in the UK so finding another to try out has been almost impossible! The meal looks absolutely amazing though - I'll definitely be saving it for the next squash I find haha!
    xo April | April Everyday

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  7. I have been meaning to try and attempt spaghetti squash too but always looked way to difficult/time consuming but this looks super easy. Will have to give it a try! Thanks for sharing. Love your bright yellow cabinet drawers in your kitchen!!

    http://www.freedupgirl.com

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  8. My fiancé and I signed up for Blue Apron this past weekend and our first set of meals will be here next week! I'm so excited to try new foods that I wouldn't normally go for, and to up my game in the kitchen. I'm glad to hear you've had a good experience with Blue Apron, you're making me that much more excited!

    x Karina
    www.littlequaintrelle.com

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  9. I'm going to try it! If my girls like it I will love you like forever, hahaha.

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