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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Yum! Hey so I found out you can do spaghetti squash in the crockpot – it turns out awesome, and no heating up the kitchen during the hot summer months (I’m in Denver too)!
Juli,
I had no trouble with my comforter and duvet cover! I definitely hold the corners of one side and try to shimmy the opposite side into place.
immersion blender…what is this you speak of..looks fantastic..can’t wait to try it out tonight!
Hi Juli,
With my duvet, I use duvet clips. I found them at Bed Bath and Beyond (but I’m sure they’re other places too). They’re padded so that they don’t feel too terrible inside your duvet. So I clip two corners while the duvet is inside out, then flip one side of the duvet over so it’s right side out again. Then clip the last two corners and button up the bottom. Works well!
I need help with my mayo. My Mayo broke doing it this way. I used half avacado oil and half light Olive oil. Did you use a coffee mug? Is that wide enough? Out of 3 tries, I got it to work once. Wasted a lot of expensive oil in the process…boo 🙁
Any suggestions greatly appreciated! Looking for a full proof method 🙂
those ingredients should work. i use a shaker bottle to make my mayo which is taller, but that shouldn’t make a difference. i’m not sure why it wouldn’t only work once…
Ugh!! A shaker bottle to make mayo, DUH! Why is it so hard for me? Also, I love that I’m not the only one that thinks that kids are overrated. Don’t people know how much work they are? I am way too lazy and selfish to have children and I don’t think that “what the f@#$ are you doing?” qualifies as good parenting. That phrase would probably come out of my mouth so often that my children would think that was their name.
Becky, I know this is late, but maybe it will help in your search for a “foolproof” mayo…I always use this recipe from the New York Times with olive oil or grapeseed oil: http://www.nytimes.com/recipes/12459/mayonnaise.html
It’s never broken on me, despite my faulty technique on some occasions! I also like to use the whisk attachment on my immersion blender for this, or I double the recipe and use the whisk on my Kitchenaid mixer. Works every time!
Side note, this recipe is awesome! I couldn’t get the leftovers to heat up properly (because of the mayo, I think), but the first night, everything was AMAZING.
I used coconut oil because i didnt have any avocado oil or enough olive oil on hand. I dont have an emersion blender so i did it the good ol fashion way, using the whisk This was a delicious dinner! My husband and I are pretty obsessed with it! t
normally you want to mix your egg mixture without the oil, and the. slowly drizzle your oil in while blending. if it breaks, put it all in a bowl, start with an egg yolk or 2, blend that, and then slowly drizzle your broken mixture in while blending.
hahaha…I happen to love your sense of humor….too funny….I could actually picture you jumping on your comforter to make it fit correctly into the duvet…….too funny…..
First of all, this recipe looks yummy and I have some cooked chicken I can throw in here, score! Second of all “I’m too optimistic for that bull” is now my new favorite line. hahaha.
I don’t drink and my entire social World consists of rugby players, so people who LOVE beer are around me all the time. I solve the problem by a) being the DD (no hangover AND good karma!) and b) drinking soda and lime. It looks like clear alcohol + lime, but you feel like a living, human person the next day. It takes care of any awkwardness of not having a beverage in your hand, too.
And, a lot of times, if you tell the bartender you’re the DD, your drinks (sodas, waters, etc) are free! I’m always the DD because I don’t like to drink either. And I totally get that awkwardness of not having a drink, because EVERYONE notices when you don’t have a drink. It can be annoying…
Tessamae’s wing sauce: Check
Chicken needed to be used: Check
Squash sititng on the counter: Check
Eff yeah this is going to get me through work knowing I can make this when I get home!
PS: I’ve been staying in/not drinking too. Watch Orange Is the New Black. Glued to my tv, sunk into my couch, wallet stays in my purse.
Thanks for the recipe!
This is dinner tonight! And, I hate – HATE – the duvet on our guest bed. The only person who hates it more than me is my hub. The thinks it’s the dumbest invention ever. I think he may be right.