Miracle Spaghetti

Ok, so I have been gone for WAY to long. But oh well, things happen; life happens! I haven't been in the mood to blog or cook anything for a long time now anyway.

However, since I recently stepped on the scale I have decided that it is time for me to do something about how it's crepping up there. So, I am going to start cooking fresh, using more and more organic foods; and I am going to follow The Metabloism Miracle. It's a diet similar to Atkins, where it limits your Carb intake. But it seems safer and healthier to me than Atkins. It was designed by Diane Kress, RD, CDE. You can learn more about it here at http://www.themetablosimmiracle.com/ I followed it breifly just before Christmas and lost over 6lbs in less than 2 weeks! I think I am more determined this time to follow it, and stick to it because I am unhappy with how I look and feel, and I don't want to turn 30 feeling/looking this way! So I have 1 month to turn things around!

Today was day 1. Tonight for dinner I chose to make a spaghetti dish from the book called 'Miracle Spaghetti'. IT'S PASTA FREE!!!

Here is the recipe. I added some things and took some things away. It turned out FABULOUS! I will definatley be making this dish again.

Miracle Spaghetti

It says that it serves 4 to 6 people, but I only managed to feed 2 people out of it. It may have to do with the way that I shredded the squash...that or I didn't get a big enough squash.

1 spaghetti Squash

Cooking oil spray

1 pound lean ground turkey or lean ground beef

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1/2 cup of chopped onion

1/2 cup of chopped green bell pepper

2 (14 ounce) cans of crushed tomatoes with basil and herbs (I only used 1 can, and didn't get the kind with the basil and herbs...I added my own..I used garlic salt & powder, onion powder, Mrs. Dash seasoning, Oregano, Basil, Cayenne and some Brown Sugar)

1/2 cup of White Wine (I did not put this in)

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese (this I did not use either)

Cut the spaghetti squash in half and remove the seeds.

Place, face down, in a microwave-safe dish with a 1/2 inch depth of water on the bottom.

Cover with plastic wrap. Make a few slits in the plastic wrap for ventilation.

Microwave on high until tender 20 to 30 minutes.

Over medium heat, in a large skillet sprayed with cooking oil spray, brown the ground turkey, garlic, onion, and green pepper for about 10 minutes, unti the meat is cooked.

When the meat is cooked, add the crushed tomatoes and wine, simmer for about 30 minutes.

After the squash is cooked, and has cooled enough to handle, use a fork to pull/shred it into a large bowl. It will actually look like strands of spaghetti.

Divide the spaghetti among four to six plates, top with the meat sause, and sprinkle with Parmesan.

ENJOY!

Adapted from Diane Kress, RD, CDE

The Metabolism Miracle