Recipes Galore!

Are you the type of person who reads magazines and then rips out any recipe that looks decent? Well I am guilty as charged! I just can't help myself. I am so inspired when I see a good recipe that I just know one day I will make it, right? Well wrong. I have found that I have gotten a bit out of hand with my collection. But what can I say when I get bored at work I turn to recipes. So now I have quite the stash. However, now that it is getting a little cooler and boat season is over, Mike and I have been home on the weekends. So I have made a promise to myself to try at least one recipe a week. (This includes baking as well). I am trying to put together a binder of all my amazing recipes (anal yes I know but I can't help myself). So if the recipe is not an instant hit it goes to the trash.

This past weekend I made 2 new items. Pumpkin Pie Bars and Spaghetti Squash with Turkey Meatballs. Lets start with the bars. They were ok but not as good as I had hoped for. I found them on one of my favorite food blogs so I thought they would be a hit. I just didn't like the way the crust cooked. The crust had rolled oats in it and I just didn't like the way it came out. I haven't heard many complaints from Mike, and Ashley liked them as well, but I think they were both being nice. I may give them another shot but that would be breaking my instant love rule.

So on to the squash and meatballs. I have never cooked with spaghetti squash before but this recipe caught my eye for some reason. I saw it in my martha stewart magazine (click here for recipe) and it was one of those I ripped out with no intension of actually making. So I saw this as a challenge. (Even Ashley said after ready the recipe she would not have made it). So this meal was super healthy and as Martha says "an alternative to refined carbs" hence the spaghetti squash.

Mike made the meatballs for me.....we all know my adversity to raw meat...and then I cooked those for a bit while the squash was in the oven (cut sides down)

After the squash was finished I was supposed to scrap the flesh into nice strands using a fork. I did not believe my meal would look like the picture but little did I know after scrapingI was able to create perfect little strands of "spaghetti". Hence the name spaghetti squash. I know super cheesy that I am excited about this but it was cool.

Then I cooked the mushrooms and sauce and added spinach at the very end and voalla a nice healthy meal.

So I will carry on with my cooking and try to keep you posted....I must admit that most of my recipes are desserts so this could get ugly. And by ugly I mean me gaining a million pounds eating all my creations. Happy Eating