.... on pasta substitutes.
HAHA, fooled you! Me? Give up!?! When I'm SO CLOSE TO THE END!? NEVAH!
Derek and I attempted spaghetti squash tonight. If you recall, we made zucchini noodles with meat sauce in week one and it was... a failure. I actually didn't mind them at first but was not really excited to make them again. (Also, the meat sauce sucked.)
I love me a good 'sketti and meat sauce, so after the suggestion of some friends, I thought I'd give spaghetti squash a shot. I'd only had it very small quantity before and it was served as a side dish with like, cinnamon and sugar, so it wasn't really very savory at all and wasn't mixed with any kind of sauce. Basically, I had no idea what to expect from this. I was daunted by the prospect of the work involved in roasting it and shredding it, too.
Well, the roasting was time-consuming but at least it was kinda a "set it and forget it" dealie. And I discovered that getting the shreds out was really not that difficult.
But... we failed. I don't know what exactly went wrong, but my assumption is that we roasted it too long, because it wasn't the bright vibrant yellow color I was expecting, and it wasn't "spaghetti-ing" -- it looked almost more like rice. Mushy rice. It kind of tasted okay, from the little bites I took while I was scraping the guts out, so I figured we'd proceed as planned.
For the sauce, we kept it simple. The last recipe we used called for beef and pork, and I am not much of a pork eater so that was only 'meh' for me. The seasonings were rather mild (even though I ended up adding more of my own later). Basically... it was boring. It was not bad, just... blah.
This time, we kept it simple (which is good because we were running low on time) -- we browned some meat and added it to a good, yummy [compliant] store-bought sauce. We've had this sauce before and know we like it. The ingredients are all pronounceable and Whole30- approved so we didn't feel too bad about it.
"Noodles" = pretty okay. Sauce = yum. Put them together? Tomato-y beef mush.
So... I give up. Any further pasta cravings (which honestly don't happen all too often) will have to wait for a post-Whole30 '20' day, cuz I'm totally dunzo.
In other news... I had a pretty great day. Work went well, I'm feeling decent, and despite the dinner hiccup, everything went as planned. I'm gonna call it a win! :)
What I Ate:
Breakfast: Two hard-boiled eggs, carrots, orange, nuts
Lunch: Yummalicious homemade beef vegetable soup, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, watermelon
Dinner: Fail-tastic spaghetti squash with meat sauce. Blecch.
How I Feel:
Pretty ding dang dong good. I still have the sleepiness in my eyes, which I'm beginning to think just will never go away, but my energy level is not horrible. I didn't fall asleep in the car driving to work this morning (which is important because I was driving!), which is good, and kind of atypical for me. I jammed out to music and sang at the top of my lungs with the windows rolled down on the way home from work, which is one of my favorite summer pastimes. I'm in a good mood. I'm also ready to curl up in bed and crochet until I konk the heck out. (Oh yeah -- I forgot to mention... I started a new project. I've always wanted to crochet a blanket but my lack of attention span gets the best of me so I always end up with essentially a really long, skinny, scarf, and then I forget about. I decided to try again and hope for the best -- cross your fingers! It's not going to be fancy, but with any luck, it will be done and usable!)
How are YOU doing today? :)
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