There are some things I don’t believe in:
- cats
- liver
- dancing with the stars
- any of the ‘Saw’ movies
- my website being a b*tch
But don’t worry, there are some things that I DO believe in:
- the show ‘New Girl’
- Disney movies – only at certain times though. Wall-E and Up should always be on tv
- Pumpkin milkshakes
- trips to California. I’m almost there Stacy!!
- drinking mimosas on Thanksgiving after a workout at my gym. I wish we’d do that weekly
Wanna talk more about mimosas? I sure do.
Thanksgiving wasn’t anything I planned. You know what I planned? I planned on sitting on the couch, emailing, and cooking when I felt like it, if I even did feel like it. I just wanted to eat leftovers while watching romcom movies. That’s short for romantic comedy, just hipper. I’m hip, obviously. But no, that’s not how it panned out. Why? Because my gym loves to workout then drink alcoholic beverages. And that’s exactly what we did. We did a team workout, then popped 12 bottles of champagne. Twelve. That’s a lot of champagne. And on an empty stomach, after a workout, that champagne hit me hard. I was quiiiiiiite happy. Mimosa Thanksgivings are the best. I ended up slightly stumbling through the kitchen to making some paleo stuffing for some friends. And fell asleep by 9pm while watching Pretty Woman. I did have to watch some football, which was lame. I’ll remove that from my next year Thanksgiving plan.
Sorry if you’re a cat person. They make me sneeze. And my childhood cat attached itself to my face once when I was f*cking with it. Note to self, cats are not nice when you destroy their patience.
Are you wondering why the hell this recipe is called a leftover recipe? Well, I’ll tell you. This is a recipe I made in the past, but the pictures kind of sucked, so I had to remake it. And well, it tasted good enough to remake, so I wanted to live it one more time. This dish is like a casserole dish. I don’t know why I didn’t name it a casserole in the first place.
Leftovers: Sausage Spaghetti Squash Bake
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 1lb Italian sausage
- 1 medium spaghetti squash, halved and seeds removed
- 1 bundle of kale, roughly chopped
- 1 red onion, halved and sliced
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup canned coconut milk
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon tarragon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground sage
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut your spaghetti squash in half and use a spoon to remove the seeds and excess threads from your squash. Use some muscle.
- Place open side down on a baking sheet and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until you can press into your squash and it gives a bit.
- While your squash bakes, heat up a large pot under medium-high heat and add your Italian sausage. Break up with a wooden spoon or spatula.
- Once your sausage is cooked through, remove with a slotted spoon and put in a bowl.
- Keep the extra fat from the meat in the pot, add your minced garlic and add your kale, onions, and chicken broth. Combine.
- Then add your coconut milk and spices. Cover and let simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Pull your spaghetti squash out of the oven and dethread with a fork.
- Once your kale is wilted and onions have begin to become translucent, remove from heat and add your spaghetti squash as well as your egg to the kale/onion mixture. Mix thoroughly.
- Then add your cooked Italian sausage and mix together.
- Place the mixed ingredients into a baking dish (or same pot if it’s oven safe) and spread out evenly.
- Bake 15-20 minutes or until top is slightly browned.
- Consume!
Uhhh yea okay I admit you’re pretty hip with your headbands, dancing, and lingo ahaha. At least you’re sharing it with the world, thanks (: Stay thirsty my friends
um. yum. will make this stat
But Juli, you would be hipper if you made more videos! And danced in them. What’s up with the frequency of videos? I think I can’t be the only one who feels this way. If you don’t, we are all going to pitch in and buy you a kitten. hehe
Liver? I put the turkey liver in your Thanksgiving Onion and Sausage Stuffing and it tastes DELISH…It is sort of a weird texture I guess…
Or did you mean you don’t believe in destroying YOUR liver via drinking too many mimosas…in that case…I totally agree! YOu can never have too many mimosas 🙂
Drinking after a workout = getting drunker faster
I stumbled upon your website a couple of weeks ago and now it is saved to my favorites (and I search and read alot of nutrtion blogs). I love that you seem to love squash as much as I do! Your recipes are easy and so clear. Most of the ingredients I always have on hand–outside of some of the protien. Keep doing what you are doing. Your style of writing makes me laugh–the “no nonsense” approach is the best! Thanks:)
I just wanna say that I’m having a great time reading your blog and stealing your recipes. Pumpkin granola – awesome. Beef roast in crock pot – awesome. Creamy pumpkin chicken – stupid awesome. Plus everything else I’ve made has been delicious, even my husband enjoys it all. Thanks!
Juli, I have tried so many of your recipes and have loved them all. You are single-handedly keeping me paleo. Thanks so much for taking the time to share your life and awesome recipes with us.
After stalking you for a month or two, I’ve decided to finally leave a comment. I freakin’ love your blog and the recipes you post. I appreciate your sense of humor, and I dig your random thoughts. With the risk of sounding like a total creep, I will end it with that.
spaghetti squash has been on my list of new things to try/get creative with in the kitch.
This looks dee-lish.