I don’t often feel like I’m getting older, but this weekend…I feel old. My body feels old. After eating heavy Thanksgiving food, then doing over 270 wall balls in one day, then going out for a girls night out, having a couple cocktails and dancing in heels all night long, then starting Monday off with air dyne sprints…I feel really freaking old. I woke up this Tuesday morning and just laid on the couch for 40 minutes, staring out the windows because my body felt too exhausted to function yet. I mean, the clouds are pink outside so it’s pretty wonderful to look at, but still. This body needs a relaxing dip in a hot tub…OH WAIT WE GET OUR HOT TUB THIS WEEKEND!!!! Squeeeeeeelllll!
Feeling like I’m old AF was totally worth it though. My knees may be broken from dancing in heels all night long, but it was the best night out in Colorado that I’ve had in quite some time! I have no idea how I danced in heels all the time in college. I’m not much of a bar girl anymore, I just feel like I can drink cocktails and talk to friends in the comfort of my own home instead of at an annoying bar. But when my friend invited me to a 90’s dance party at a bar that has really tasty cocktails, I couldn’t say no. And it.was.awesome!! If you lived through the 90’s, you probably remember a lot of the music, but I bet you forgot about a lot of it, too. This dance party had every artist from Britney Spears to Alanis Morissette to TLC to boy bands, people who only sing in vowels, and music that you thought was totally punk like Crazy Town. It was so freaking awesome to sing every word from every song. And all I did was jump for 3 hours straight. I won’t be able to do that again for another few months while my knees heal. Cute.
Funny that I’m saying I feel too old because I just talked about feeling too young on my podcast this week. I said that I still feel too young to raise another human and that I’m still questioning even having children. It seemed to be quite the controversial topic because all sorts of people left comments both on the blog and on my social media. It was really interesting to see how many people felt the same way OR had children and still understood why I felt that way. It was just so cool to hear other people’s experiences and the thought process they’ve gone through with having children or not. So thank you to all you awesome people who left a comment on the topic!
But I need your help this coming week with my podcast! I’m doing another random reader questions episode and I’d love to hear from you and any random questions you have! So far I have questions that range from paleo household staples, breast augmentation, microblading, CrossFit, Jackson, and how to stay motivated! So a huge range and I’d love to add more questions to the list! So feel free to leave them below and I’ll add them to the list!
PS – this casserole is stupid easy. And totally delicious. Make it now!!!
BBQ Chicken Casserole
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
- 1 medium spaghetti squash (about 21⁄2 pounds)
- 1 rotisserie chicken, shredded (about 4–5 cups)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 red onion (1/8 minced, 1/8 thinly sliced)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 bottle Tessemae’s BBQ Sauce
- 3 large eggs, whisked
- 2 fresno peppers, sliced
- 1/2 cup sliced banana peppers OR pickled jalapeños
- chopped cilantro, to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cut the spaghetti squash in half lengthwise. Place the squash cut side down on a baking sheet and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the skin gives when you press your finger to it. Remove the squash from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
- Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish. Use a fork to remove the spaghetti squash threads then place them in a bowl. Add the chicken, garlic cloves, 1/8 minced onion, garlic powder, salt, red pepper flakes, black pepper and bbq sauce to a bowl and mix well. Then add eggs and mix until combine. Pour mixture into greased dish and smooth our with a spoon.
- Top casserole with 1/8 thinly sliced onion, sliced fresno peppers and banana peppers or pickled jalapeños.
- Place in oven and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the center is cooked through and edges have begun to brown.
- Let set for 10 minutes before slicing. Garnish with cilantro.
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1. How’s your husband doing with his migraines? Any relief?
2. You ever get the Lion King song stuck in your head for NO APPARENT REASON and find yourself lifting Jackson around the living room? Not saying that’s what I’d do with a dog Jackson’s size, but …that’s exactly what I’d do with a dog Jackson’s size.
I made your pizza pie casserole this week and it’s so good! As I’ve been eating it I’ve been wondering if there’s a way to make a thai/pad thai-like spaghetti squash casserole? Does that recipe exist? If not, I’d love to see it!
love that idea!
Can’t wait to try this recipe!
This question is kinda similar to another one that someone posted —
What do you suggest doing for a warm up / cool down. Do you have any examples of a warm up? How long do you warmup for?
Do you do static stretching after a workout? If so what stretches?
Also what exercises do you think best define your abs – I know you don’t do specific ab exercises so which of the overall lifts/exercises do you think may be best to create definition?
our warm ups are always different at our gym depending who is coaching and what we are doing that day. we do a run or row then usually do some kettlebell work and some active stretching plus core work and practicing the movements that are in the workout then we also do barbell prep in our warmup as well. all of the stretches we do are active stretches. and if you want to define abs, doing barbell movements like snatches and clean and jerks and overhead squats and then eat clean! ghd sit ups are also a great ab workouts, but those lifts really make a difference!
Am I supposed to use a raw rotisserie chicken or a cooked one?
cooked
Hi there,
I’m allergic to squash. Do you have any thought on what I might be able to substitute the spaghetti squash with?
you could try zucchini noodles that have been drained!
Y’all. This was bomb. But wait for it……it was WAYYYYY better the next day. The night of I ate it with a side salad and the next day I threw it on a gluten free bun with a slice of grilled pineapple and a little dab of BBQ sauce. Nom.com.
genius! that sounds delicious!
I made this for lunch today. Holy Cow. Another one hit out of the park!! I love these spaghetti squash casseroles. Can’t wait to see if you find a way to make a Pad Thai one!
yay!! glad you liked it!
I’ve been obsessed with your buffalo chicken casserole and was hoping you’d do a BBQ one! SO AMAZING!! Thank you 🙂
hope you loved it!
I made this casserole for dinner last night and thought it was really tasty! I couldn’t find Tessamae’s so just substituted KC Natural Primal Cherry Barbeque sauce, and I also substituted jalapeno peppers since I could not find fresno peppers. It turned out great. Thanks for another delicious recipe!