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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Not sure what I love more, your recipes or your narration on life. Thanks for the humor. Making this tomorrow,
Making mayo depresses me. I cry every time without a doubt. I just don’t have the mayo making gene. So to avoid this, I’m gonna mash up avocado and see if that will work. Ive never known avocado to not go with chicken so i have high hopes. That sauce website has some good shit! Im gonna order a few kinds.
About the duvet… That is why i buy regular comforters. My sister cant stand how her comforter is always moving inside the duvet. That would make me cry too. Im a very sensitive person!
So I just placed my first order with Tessemae’s, which included their hot wing sauce, and this will be the first thing I make when it arrives. Why did I wait so long? I want to eat this NOW.
Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Holy smack! I swear I am living the same lie in California. I live in a bldg. where there are four of us. My bathroom is the only thing attached to my neighbor. Thankfully. But I am dealing with the fact that either all of my friends drink A LOT or they are all married and have kids so as fun as it is being auntie and stuff I have been spending quality time with me, myself and my pup. Haha. I experiment in paleo yumminess and your recipes. HAhaha. And I shop! I just did the whole restyling my bedroom and starting with my bedding thing two weeks ago. I love it but daaaaang that ish is crazy expensive. Save money not going out…pshhh yeah right I just tell myself I’m saving myself from bad food choices and alcohol. Haha. Anyways, love your food! AMAZEBALLS delicious and I love your blog. Keep it coming and when you think you’re alone in the whole duvet or single girl issues…you’re not. I’m mostlikely standing on my bed shaking it out saying helllllo work with me! Haha. **Oh and a tip roll the duvet down like you do when you went to put nylons on (like when was the last time you did that right?) and then put the end of your comforter in and then pull the duvet up and the comforter up at the same time. Somehow it stays in place.
i made this a couple nights ago and it is to die for. I will have leftovers for a week though. Maybe Ill use a smaller spaghetti squash next time. Either way it was delicious!
Did I seriously just make mayo in THIRTY SECONDS?!? That method is downright genius. Best paleo mayo I have tasted yet, too! I actually used a very clean vase because it was the perfect cylinder and just fit my immersion blender. I’ve made other batches in my vitamix and they turned out fine, just a little “tight,” and took forever. This stuff was perfect and done in seconds. So awesome.
I made this for dinner tonight and it changed my life! Sooooo delicious! But what’s with this 4-5 servings nonsense? More like 2…or maybe 1…. 🙂 Seriously though, this is incredible.
Made this for dinner last night and it was ah-mazing! I don’t have an immersion blender, so I put the ingredients in a tall cup and used my hand held blender. Must’ve worked because it was delish!
This was amazing! I used half of a spaghetti squash and forgot to reduce the sauce so it was a bit much but the flavor was perfect. Can’t believe this is healthy. For anyone wondering, I used light olive oil for the mayo and it worked perfect.
Trying to give it 5 stars but can’t for some reason.