Good evening everyone!

I would like to start off by apologizing that this is getting posted so late in the day. I realized I didn't plan this out well. I planned on making the recipe I had picked out each evening but I realized this morning that if I waited till tonight to make it then it wouldn't get posted till this late in the day. SO...I will be getting the recipes ready and made actually the night before the post that way tomorrow you'll have more time to 1. read and 2. enter the contest.

So, now that we're done with that...

I'm excited to share with you what I just had for dinner. I'm sure many of you are like me and LOVE carbs, right? Pasta & bread are definitely foods that I could live off of. However, if I did live off them I would also probably be one of the unhealthiest people in the world, lol. So, moderation is key.



Tonight I decided to try my hand homemade meat sauce and spaghetti. But, instead of regular spaghetti I chose to make spaghetti squash. Contrary to what many health & fitness gurus may tell you, NO it does NOT taste like pasta and NO it's not even really close. However, it IS really good. And it makes a much healthier alternative to pasta.

I actually cooked the spaghetti squash last night in the slow cooker. YES, you can cook a spaghetti squash in the slow cooker. I just put a small amount of water in the bottom and put the entire squash in the crock pot and cooked it on high for about 4 hours. Once it was soft, I removed the whole squash and the skin just literally fell off. After it cooled, I pulled all the seeds and center goop out. Then I stored it in the refrigerator overnight.

For the sauce:
I started this out by using 2 cans of diced tomatoes. I came home on my lunch break and put them in the slow cooker along with half a can of water, 1/4 cup of tomato paste, 2 garlic cloves, and Italian seasoning. I put the crock pot on low and closed it up. It was in there for around 5 hours before I got home.


When I got home, I cooked a pound of ground turkey breast up in a skillet then added it to the sauce in the crockpot. I turned the crock pot on high and added more spices according to taste. I cooked it for about an hour longer with the meat and sauce together.

I then measured out my spaghetti squash in my green 21 Day Fix veggie container, which holds a TON, and put it in a skillet on Med/High. I measured out 1.5 red containers of meat sauce and put it in the skillet with the squash. Then let it reduce for about 5-10 minutes until a lot of the extra water from the squash cooks out.

Lastly, mix in about 1/2 blue container of part skim mozzarella cheese. Plate and sprinkle top with fresh Parmesan cheese. This is a HUGE serving of food!! And you'll have plenty for leftovers or for the rest of your family :)

(I took a video today but couldn't get it to load right so pictures will have to do for today.

Thanks for reading and I hope you get to try out this recipe soon. It's AMAZING!!!

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Spaghetti Squash w/ Turkey Ragu

1 medium spaghetti squash
1 lb ground turkey breast
2 15 oz. cans diced tomatoes (no sugar added)
1/4 Cup tomato paste
1/2 cup water
2 garlic cloves
2 tbsp. mozzarella cheese
Sprinkle Parmesan cheese
Italian seasoning to taste
Salt & Pepper to taste

Place spaghetti squash in crockpot. Fill bottom of crockpot with water. Cook on high for 4-6 hours or until squash is soft. Remove entire squash and peel off skin and discard. Let squash cool, then remove seeds and guts. Squash can be made in advance and refrigerated.
 Ragu:
Dump both cans of dices tomatoes in to crock pot. Add tomato paste, water, garlic & herbs. Cook on low for 5 hours.
In large skillet, brown and cook thoroughly ground turkey breast. Add to sauce. Turn the crock pot on high and cook for 1 hour.
In large skillet, put about 1 cup of cooked spaghetti squash with 1 1/4 cup of sauce from crock pot. Cook on medium/high for 5-10 minutes until excess water from squash cooks out. Add mozzarella cheese to melt, then plate. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

This recipe is for 1 serving but you'll have plenty of sauce and squash for many more. :)

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