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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I agree with you AustinGirl, I usually offer to be DD and drink seltzer with lime to avoid the awkwardness! I’d rather be a little bit bored watching everyone else get silly than feel terrible the next day!
This looks really good. Spaghetti squash does not happen in South Africa (as many other good things) :-(, so I’ll just have to make another plan., but this dish is on my list of meals to do!
You could make zucchini noodles!
I made it with cauliflower rice and it turned out oh so well. It was so good, I couldn’t get myself to stop eating it.
what’s avocado oil? can I just use an avocado?
No you need avocado oil. And you can find it by the other oils
For whatever reason, my last post didn’t show up, so anyhoo, I sucked it up and went out at lunch and bought an immersion blender and I can’t wait to try this recipe tonight!!
Wow. that was awesome. my face just melted a little.
about the duvet. I have had duvets for several years, including a semester in the netherlands (they only use duvets there).
learn from the dutch: the trick is, don’t shimmy it into the cover. that never works. instead, put the cover on top of the bed, inside out. then lay the duvet on top. then slowly reverse the cover around the duvet.
yes, it will be awkward. but in the end, the top of the duvet will line up with the top of the cover. and since it’s such a pistol to shimmy in, it will have a hard time shimmying out. so it should stay in place pretty well. no clips, safety pins, or staples involved.
Omg that’s freaking genius. I hate myself for not knowing that!!!
Holy crap I can’t wait to try this recipe! I’m abnormally angry that I have plans the next couple of nights and won’t have the opportunity to make it before then! Also, ditto on waiting for packages…that reminds me…I have a Reebok Crossfit order that should be here today. Or really Friday according to the tracking, but yeah, optimistic people like us!
That so hilarious. Way to put words to this phenomenon. It’s so subtle the rest of us hardly know it’s happening. One day you’re thinking, what kind of God-forsaken boring life must a person have to be shopping for a duvet on a Saturday night. Then, suddenly, you’re like what kind of idiot can’t have fun without getting drunk? I think it’s a natural and healthy progression. If it’s any comfort to you, please know that when you’re in your 40’s and you see other people your age still acting like their in college…you jus know something ain’t right.
I just discovered your blog, and not only do the recipes look delicious, but you’re freaking hilarious!! Love your sense of humor. Can’t wait to read more!
This recipe gave me the best idea – I want to try and do pad thai with spaghetti squash. Any ideas for that? I’d love your take on pad thai!
I agree! Juli could you take a stab at Thai food?! It’s definitely something I miss!
Seriously, you. are. awesome.
Mostly when I read blogs I graze, like three words a paragraph and I’m done. I get the jist. You, on the otherhand, I only skip a couple and read most. Cute. Funny. Thanks for the quick laughs.