tasty tuesday's (...but on sunday. oops.)

"and his hair was made of spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti...."

anybody else listen to Raffi?

we like that song...and I always find myself singing it when I make this recipe.

it's just too catchy a tune.

anyway! i've been seeing a lot of methods out there 

(mostly pinterest) 

on how to make spaghetti squash.

well i've made two attempts and one was definitely easier/better than the other one...so i'm here to help.

i'm going to share the easy one, of course.

whether you are paleo like us,

OR you just want to get more veggies into your diet in a delicious way, OR you need to sneak vegetables into your kids without them noticing. 
this is definitely the recipe for you.

plus it's super simple and only requires 3 ingredients.

are you ready? good. here we go.

Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti

what you need:

1 spaghetti squash 

1 jar of spaghetti sauce 

1 lb ground beef

(if you're paleo! get clean spaghetti sauce - one where you can read all the ingredients, know what they are, and they are in the paleo diet! also, try to get grass-fed beef if you can!)

what you do:

preheat your oven to 375 degrees

take the squash and pierce holes all throughout

place it in a baking dish and let it bake for 1 hour

while it's baking (in the last 10 minutes or so to go) brown your beef and heat up your spaghetti sauce.

when it's been an hour take out your squash, 

cut it open,

(i like to cut it into quarters just to make things easier)

take a fork (just a regular ole table fork) 
and start shredding the inside of the squash.

it'll be very easy to do and you can use 
all of the insides all the way up to the skin.

these will be your noodles!

they won't be quite as mushy as regular noodles, 
a little more al dente if you will, 
but they don't taste squash-y at ALL. 
they really blend in with the whole plate very well.

dish out some "noodles",

add some beef on top,

then add some sauce.

enjoy!

here is a pic of the boys really getting down and dirty with their spaghetti :)

and here's a pic of my bowl. the finished product.

looks like a bowl of spaghetti, right?!

any kid would eat this right up!

so what are you waiting for...? 

go make some for dinner...you won't regret it!

"And his name was, Aikendrum!"

had to get that out ;)

updates, yo.

So...it's been a while, I know.

I feel like life has been super busy, and I don't exactly know why.

It's like I get to the end of the week and think, "It's Saturday already?!"

So needless to say, blogging hasn't been happening if I don't even know what day of the week it is.

But better late than never right?!

A lot has been going on around here...

Cora Fayne is 9 months old!

So crazy!! She's definitely turning into a beautiful young lady with lots of personality :)

She can do the sign for 'milk' which she usually does anytime she sees me.
She can eat with her fingers like a big girl.
She really only likes meat.
She doesn't like fruit and most veggies, but not common ones.
She likes spinach and broccoli, but not mashed potatoes! Silly girl.
She's crawling on her knees some, but mostly just an army crawl.
She says 'dada' for both me and Graham. :)






The boys are wonderful as well. This is them excited to eat broccoli! haha

They can be silly too. :)

A lot has been going on for the grown ups too!

Graham and I have recently started Crossfit, which is amazing!

And have recently adopted a Paleo way of eating.

Graham had been taking some MMA (mixed martial arts) classes at a gym in Atlanta called Unit2 and one of his coaches mentioned a 30 day Paleo/Crossfit challenge. 

I had been going on and on about Crossfit for months and had been trying to implement Paleo into my diet for a couple of weeks, so he came to me excited and told me about the challenge.

I started on Saturday January 28 and the challenge runs through Saturday February 25.

It's 30 days of eating only Paleo from the book 

'The Paleo Solution' by Robb Wolf.

Crossfitting at least 3 days a week with two other active days 

(exercise of our choice).

Plus we did a performance test last Saturday, and will do one again at the end and compare the results.

My results from the first performance test:

1 mile run - 9:15

Max push-ups in one minute - 29

Max sit-ups in one minute - 23

Not bad if you ask me!

So far I'm loving everything about it. The food tastes great. 

And Crossfit is new and fun and VERY challenging. 

Both the hubs and I have been enjoying it and the results we are getting!

I'll keep you guys posted as I go along.

And will probably do some posts with more details about 

both Crossfit and Paleo.

The Paleo Solution

And just a warning...most of my recipe posts will probably be paleo recipes from now on! 

But it won't kill you to try it!

I've been amazed at how much the boys have embraced the paleo lifestyle. 

We all have the same favorite breakfast (which helps with cooking/preparing in the morning!):

scrambled eggs

slice of ham (no nitrates)

fruit (usually berries or an apple)

Give it a try and see how you feel! Better yet, see how your kids feel! I think they feel so much better after breakfast and all morning when they eat a healthy breakfast as opposed to waffles or toast with jelly smeared all over it.

And as soon as I get my hands on the before and after pics that we took I'll post those too! 

Alright, well I hope this posts finds you all well and look for more posts soon!

Have an awesome week, y'all! :)

xoxo,

Heather