I want to make love to this dish. Sweet, sweet love. It’s that good. Trust me, you need to try it.
You don’t have to make love to it, though. That could get weird.
I feel really bad for my duplex neighbors. Their baby won’t stop crying. All day, all night. It just cries. The worst part is the only part of our house that is attached to theirs in my room. Lovely. Thankfully I just LOVE children. Lies. That was a lie.
I hate when you order something online and it can’t seem to get to your house fast enough. So you look out your window every time you hear a truck drive by because you think it’s the delivery truck. And open your door at least 5 times just hoping they secretly dropped off the package without you hearing. I do all of those things. I refuse to believe the tracking number which tells me it won’t arrive for another two days, I just am too optimistic for that bull.
So I recently talked about how I have a hard time drinking lately. And how it puts me in a weird spot when I want to hang out with my friends but all of them are out drinking. Well, I’m still feeling that way. So I’ve been spending more time at home on weekends. Which you’d think would be saving me money, but then I end up buying things to fill my time with. Like last Saturday. All my friends were going out and told me to meet them, but what did I do? I went and bought myself a new down comforter and duvet set. Do you know how expensive that sh*t is? Well, I didn’t. I haven’t gotten a new comforter since I was a freshmen in college. I don’t want to age myself, but that was 7 years ago. Anywho, it’s stupid expensive. I spent $300 and I bought on sale! Sales are straight up bullish*t. It’s just a ploy for you to feel like you’re saving money so you’ll actually buy it. And buy more. And I fell for it.
And after spending at least 3 hours rearranging my room, an hour of which was dedicated to putting my comforter into the duvet, I quickly regretted not going out. I don’t understand comforters. How the hell are they suppose to stay in place in the duvet? I used safety pins but I don’t believe that will do the trick. I was literally hopping on my bed holding the duvet in the air hoping the comforter would just fall into place. Doing stuff on your own is hard sometimes.
Now go make love to this food. Make love to it. Just do it. Don’t get a new duvet cover. Don’t do it.
Buffalo Chicken Pasta
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
- 1 large spaghetti squash, cut in half lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons fat (I used duck fat)
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 sweet onion, finely chopped
- 1 large carrot, finely chopped
- 2 stalks of celery, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup hot sauce (I used Tessamae’s mild or hot wing sauce)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- chopped green onions, to garnish
- sprinkle of red pepper flakes
For the mayo (this will render about 2/3 cup mayo)
- ⅔ cup avocado oil
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 415 degrees
- Place spaghetti squash open side down on a baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until skin of squash is slightly soft and the threads of the squash easily come out with a fork
- While spaghetti squash is cooling, place a large pan over medium heat. Once pan is very hot, add fat and chicken to brown with a bit of salt and pepper. Once chicken has browned and no longer pink, remove from pan and place in a bowl
- In that same pan, still over medium heat, add garlic, onion, carrot and celery to the pan to cook. Sprinkle with a bit more salt. Once onion has become translucent, remove from heat.
- Now make the quick mayo. Add all mayo ingredients to a tall container, place an immersion blender to the bottom and turn on. Once the mixture begins to become thicker, slowly pull the immersion blender up the container to make sure mixture mixes completely.
- Now finish the dish off by adding the spaghetti squash threads to the pan, along with chicken, mayo, and hot sauce to the pan. Mix together and sprinkle with a bit more salt and pepper. Garnish with green onions and red pepper flakes..
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First! I just ate ice cream
OMG looks and sounds great!! Tomorrows dinner for sure. Would it make it taste funky if I used a different oil in the mayo? On the duvet note; mine drove me crazy! But I sewed ribbons on the inside of all four corners of the duvet to tie to the comforter to help keep it in place! If that makes sense, or you can buy some comforter clips 🙂
Ribbons on the inside – exactly what I did! I found one of those sewing kits from a hotel, and some leftover Christmas ribbon…
I just spread the cover over the duvet. I don’t bother fussing with stuffing it inside. Still, tying it down is a good idea.
i used olive oil, just because that is what I had on hand and it worked fine!
Can’t sleep so I thought I’d catch up on your blog. I hope life is wonderful and I can’t wait to see you guys Friday! Ps where the eff are the 2 girls above me posting from where its 4:45 in the morning? And I thought I had sleeping problems
They sounds so delicious!! I love staying in at the moment too but see I would stay in and have a glass of wine 🙂
Yum! I went to the tessamae website but don’t see wing sauce, just hot hot or mild sauce. I am pretty sure you used the hot hot but just double checking before I order. My hubbie will freak. Yum! Thank u! Huge fan and make many of your recipes. I am a grandma compared to u tho. I was a freshman in college like — 23 years ago— help me!
sorry i meant to write hot sauce. i used the mild but you can use whatever one you want
I can’t wait to try this!! It looks amazing. On getting the comforter into the duvet, I completely empathize! There is a trick to it though. And once you do it a few times, it does get easier. I don’t think it’s possible to explain without seeing it, but there’s gotta be a YouTube tutorial out there somewhere!
I go through periods where I don’t drink at all, and I usually choose to stay home during those times too. Online shopping is totally dangerous. I just bought a down/featherbed mattress topper – it was through a Groupon and they totally jacked up the price before putting it on “sale”. It’s hard to put a price on comfy bedding though!
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=10313465
Clips! Greatest invention ever! Well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration….
G-damn, this looks AMAZING!!! Can’t wait to make it.
Look inside the corners of your duvet and see if there are strings about a couple inches long. Then look on e corners do your comforter and see if there is a string sewn diagonally across them. If there are then you just tie the strings of the duvet through the string on the comforter. That’s how mine set is made 🙂
Why does your spaghetti squash look like real pasta? Mine always looks so stringy! Im jealous:)