Creative Cookery with Carolyn -- Spaghetti Squash

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I love it when people post what they are cooking/eating on their lj's. I love food, and over the last months have learned to control it rather than it control me. The best part of eating the way I do now is that it has taught me to have fun and experiment, often with limited ingredients (despite going to the store constantly).

Today's creation? Spaghetti Squash Beef Bake. Spaghetti squash, some hamburger w/onion, crushed tomatoes, muenster cheese (because that is what I had cheese-wise)...everything was pre-cooked except the cheese, then tossed into a 425 degree oven in my fav baking dish that I found recently under my son's couch in the loft. Reunion was sweet!

It was really really good. The pics are slightly blurry, but it was really, really good. Need to break out my camera next time! If you've always wondered about spaghetti squash, which looks like a big pale yellow dinosaur egg (and great fun to split open) you should try it. It is packed full of stringy goodness.

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YES! I want to do that too!!!! I would love that so much. Supposedly my city does a market but I haven't found out where or when. Need to investigate.

I want to be able to do this every day. Grrr.

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i kind of wish the hours were better at ours. it's from 3-7. so say i get off work at 4:30pm home by 5pm, head to the market and shop and am back home by 5:30ish then dinner will not be ready until 6:30ish. [usually later because i am slow! haha. still learning]

i also like when people post pictures of their meal masterpieces. i have found out that i can not cook unless i have a picture to use as a guide. there are some recipes books that i supposedly use [actually just glance at and wing it] but experimenting is fun. sadly my family doesn't trust me that much. i am a better baker than chef so they will only try experimental goodies, not the main course. :)
i did just make home made french fries for the first time. i baked them. simple and 10X better than store bought.

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LOL I just made something else and posted it! Grin. I like pictures, too. And agree on french fries. I want to make sweet potato fries, as they are supposed to be better for you. :)

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Mmmm, sweet potato fries... I think they taste better than regular fries.

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Now I want to make those too! Maybe this weekend. LOL.