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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The only thing I love more about your delicious looking posts is when I have all of the ingredients!!!! I just made this and it is so good. I used dill mayo that I had previously made and it was just the right touch!!!
I don’t eat paleo and I don’t Crossfit BUT I DO read your blog because I think so you are so fing funny. Please don’t stop writing about things that people think everyday but don’t have the balls to say. balls, yes, balls.
Halp! I used a blender for the mayo and got a green soupy mess! Is there anyway to salvage it? Or am I doomed to regular mayo :((
you really need an immersion blender. you could use a food processor but the technique is a little different
What is the process of making the mayo via food processor?
i explain it in my chicken avocado salad on the blog!
I have that problem sometimes making mayo too. I’ll save that soupy mess and then–
1) Add egg & lemon juice to blender
2) Wait 1 hour for them to come to room temp
3) Add in about 1/3 of your soupy mess and blend
4) Slowly add soupy mess while blending
5) Blend the heck out of it until it emulsifies.
That usually does the trick. You get the bonus nutrients from the extra egg, so that’s kind of cool.
THANK YOU! I was desperate to find a way to fix this…I’m going to go do it right now!
Green? It should look white, like regular mayo… you didn’t use an avocado instead of avocado OIL?
I made my mayo in the blender. But the key is to add the oil last slowly while the blender is going. Worked like a charm for me!
Made this for dinner tonight and it was amazing!!! Thanks for all your recipes! And it was great to meet you at the mid Atlantic games!!!
Slip your neighbor a copy of the book Happiest Baby on the Block and it is gaurenteed to stop the crying. Love the receipe!
Awesome recipe! Thanks. Good luck with the duvet lol 😉
Fantastic food, you got me mouth watering.
OMG this is amazing! I made it with cauliflower rice instead of squash. It was like a creamy gooey casserole, reminiscent of pre-paleo day textures. Totally a “I can’t believe it’s paleo” type of food. I seriously ate half the pan of it, and then kept going back and eating more while I was waiting for it to cool off to put it in the fridge. I used Trader Joe’s Jalapeno Pepper Hot Sauce. Its only ingredients are peppers, vinegar, and salt. It tasted perfect in this recipe.
In regards to mayo, I’ve been making Paleo mayo for over a year in my blender. I thought you were just over stating how easy it is to make with an immersion blender, but last night I decided to give it a shot. OMG it is so much quicker and less mess than using the regular blender!!! I couldn’t believe it. I’m floored. No more “well I can’t eat this right now, because I’m too lazy to make mayo.”
Holy crap batman! I made this for dinner last night and it was ridiculous! I too wanted to make love to this dish….
I seen this recipe and thought I must make this right now so I got started with the chicken. Then I realized I had no onion, no celery and no carrot but I did have cherry tomato’s and pea’s so I used that in place of the veggies you had…….. WHOA NELLY WAS IT GOOD! Thank you so much for the recipe. This is going on the weekly rotation 🙂
made this tonight & it was great! Recently discovered your blog and recipes and really enjoying! Thanks so much for the laughs and the way you embrace imperfection.