I’m feeling absolutely off right now. My husband had a 90 hour work week last week, so I spent every single day working because I pretty much felt guilty NOT working. But I’m fried. And feeling a little less motivated. So my goal today is to snap out of it. Not totally sure how I’m going to accomplish that quite yet, but I will figure it out and get back to you.
I don’t know why the hell I’m even talking about my emotional instability when I could be talking about others. Meaning The Bachelor. The producing team really did their due diligence when it came to making the dates as awful and uncomfortable as ever. PS I’ve never used the words due diligence and I really don’t think I used them correctly here, but it just feels right, so LEAVE ME ALONE! Starting with the first date, taking bridal themed photos. I couldn’t even handle how awful, incredibly uncomfortable, and super weird that date was. And I’m not even talking about the photographer’s romper. That’s a whole different blog post. No, I’m just merely talking about Corinne and her frat house party, girls gone wild ways. Do you think the producers forced him to give her the first rose? Do you think it works like that? It must. You don’t watch a girl take her top off and make you grab her boobs on national television and think, wow, I really want to bring this chick home to my 12 year old sister who I played soccer with in the first episode. She seems so wholesome.
I hope Corinne is on the show for quite a while. ENTERTAIN ME, you outstanding liar! She’s a liar because she said no one has grabbed her boobs like Nick did. Just take that in for a second. She’s the best.
But the second group date took it up a notch when they went to the museum of break-ups. How do they even find these hell holes?! I would honestly rather go to a normal museum filled with stuffed, dead animals then have to step foot in a museum filled with hatred and sorrow towards others. Deep, I know, but come on! Who wants to live out their own break-ups let alone someone else’s!? The best quote of the night, which is really saying something since Liz wrote down her entire awkward encounter with Nick and read it to everyone, was when the whole group walked into a screaming match of 2 actors breaking up with each other and Christen (who was obviously chosen for Luke) says, “I can’t believe a break up is happening HERE!” You can’t believe it, Christen? Are you f*cking high? Because you always seem cracked out. Cracked out in a very positive way, but still cracked out.
Did anyone else notice the implants in the museum? Someone gave back their implants in a break up. And someone put those implants in a museum. Let that resonate.
I’m glad Liz went home. We get it, you slept with Nick. Now you’re being the weird clinger and making us all feel weird about it. I’m pretty sure the producers cut and pasted words to make it seem like she talked about their encounter 87 times per day, but still, it’s too much. When a guy doesn’t contact you, it’s a sign. HELLO, Facebook was invented for a reason: to stalk others until they agree to go on a date with you. Not doing it on national television for others to mock you. How the hell do you think I met my husband!?
And I literally could care less about Danielle’s date. The only thing interesting that happened on that date is they landed a helicopter on a f*cking yacht!!! Now THAT was entertainment!
Boo. I wish it was Monday again. The Bachelor is literally the only good thing about Mondays at this point.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole (video!)
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
- 1 medium spaghetti squash (about 2 1/2 pounds), cut in half
- 1/2 pound bacon, cubed
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 yellow bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 yellow onion, minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cup Primal Kitchen Ranch
- 3 eggs
- chopped chives, to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cut the spaghetti squash in half lengthwise. Place the squash cut side down on a baking sheet and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the skin gives when you press your finger to it. Remove the squash from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish.
- While the spaghetti squash cooks, place a large saute pan over medium heat, add bacon, and cook until crispy, about 10 minutes. Remove and set aside. You’ll want to leave behind about 2 tablespoons worth of bacon fat to feel free to remove any excess once bacon has cooked. Add peppers, onion and garlic cloves and cook for about 10 minutes, until onion is translucent.
- To the pan with the peppers and onion, add the ground chicken along with the garlic powder, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Use a wooden spoon to break apart the chicken and cook until no pink remains, about 10 minutes.
- Use a fork to scrape out the spaghetti squash strings and place in the greased baking dish along with the chicken mixture, ranch and eggs. Mix to combine then sprinkle the crispy bacon on top.
- Place in the oven to bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the center is cooked through and edges have begun to brown. Garnish with chopped chives on top before serving!
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OMG. This is so good.
Ate it over arugula.
So good, so good.
Five Stars This is super delicious. I followed the recipe closely but (GASP), I was too lazy to make paleo ranch, something that will definitely not happy next time I make this.
Five starts because this blog post is life. Thanks for not being cheerful all the time – it’s so great, partly comforting, and probably a bit wrong when someone else is just in a funk and you can relate to their shitty, unmotivated mood!
This is so good! Do you have nutritional information on it??
i do not, but you can use a nutritional calculator online to figure that out on your own!
Hi Juli,
I was thinking of doing this with Tessamaes Caesar instead of ranch ( they ran out) . Would this work or would that totally ruin the dish?
i bet that would still be super delicious!
I made the chicken bacon ranch casserole this weekend….Yum-O! Thank you for the excellent recipe!
Man, this was yummy! And the leftovers may have been ever better! Somehow it has a cheesy casserole thing going on… and I know there is no cheese in it… because there is no cheese in the recipe and duh, I made it and never added cheese, but damn! It like magic! Cheesy illusion magic! Same thing with your 5 ingredient Pizza Spaghetti Pie! Magic! How DO you do it?!
I’m totally obsessed with my Instapot lately so I made the spaghetti squash in it. So freaking easy! And I must have spaced out at the grocery store while hating everyone there and bought chicken breast instead of ground chicken. So I cubed that up and then threw it in the Instapot so I ended up with shredded chicken… which was awesome!
So anyway! Thanks for this magic recipe! I’m adding it into the rotation!
This recipe is a KEEPER! I substituted turkey burger and turkey bacon because it’s what I had. Nixed the onion and added 1/2 a jalapeno. I used Tessa Mae’s ranch dressing and my mind is blown!
Thanks so much for this recipe. Can’t wait to make it again!
awesome!! glad you liked it, jenna!
I just made this and it pretty much rocked my world!! The crispy bacon was like icing on a cake. Perfect. Thank you for the recipe and your daily awesomeness.
yay!! glad you loved it!
This is absolutely outstanding! I followed the recipe as written and wouldn’t change a thing. I pre-baked the spaghetti squash on meal-prep day and threw the rest of it together tonight (3 days later). It saved a lot of time on this busy weeknight. Delish! Thanks so much.
glad you liked it, jamie!