Ciao 
I had SO much fun at the Kokopelli Cookie Company yesterday. It was sort of like living my dream of going to culinary school. First I got to scoop cookie dough onto cookie sheets to make the giant cookies she is known for. We did coconut walnut oatmeal raisin and peanut butter chocolate chip.
I also got to make brownies from scratch for the store. That’s a first for me!
Unfortunately I didn’t get to see them finished and out of the oven. I hope they came out good! And I got to do all this while watching the Food Network. Yeah, it was great
Lastly, I helped package up the cookies since she delivers them to stores all over the area.
After a day of baking, I had promised my Mom I’d cook dinner if she would help me pack for vacay.
Spaghetti Squash Bake
Ingredients:
- One spaghetti squash
- Tbsp olive oil
- One bunch asparagus, cut into inch size pieces
- One can diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup diced onions
- mozzarella cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- Sea salt, to taste
- Garlic pepper, to taste
Directions:
- Cut spaghetti squash in half and scoop out seeds. Microwave cut side up in 1/4 cup water for 10-12 minutes or bake cut side up in 1/4 cup water for 1 hour.
- Heat up saucepan over medium heat and add tbsp of olive oil. Saute onion for 3 minutes. Add diced tomatoes and asparagus and cook for 15 minutes. Add in sea salt and garlic pepper to taste.
- Scoop out spaghetti squash with fork. Place in large bowl and mix together with tomatoes, onions, and asparagus.
- Put half of squash mixture in 13×9 baking dish. Top with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Follow with other half of squash mixture and top with remaining cheeses.
- Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
It was the first time my Mom tried spaghetti squash and she really liked it. I, myself, forgot how good it was too. Not that I’m surprised because I love all squash, from butternut to zucchini.
On the side we had garlic-oregano bread in a flower pot. Yeah, my Mom always comes home with weird stuff for me to make!
Question: What’s your favorite squash and how do you usually prepare it?
