Food is probably the number 1 love of my life (sorry Garette, but I know you feel the same), followed closely by my love of reading. So every so often I combine the two (not in a cook book way) and I find it really changes my life.
A few years ago I read In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan and it had a great impact on me. The general idea of the book is to eat FOOD, not the crazy processed, chemical filled substances that pass as food these days. He has some general and easy to follow rules in the book that after following for only a short time I noticed insane differences in everything from my weight and skin to my overall well being and mood.
So, what does this have to do with carbs?!
Recently, I could help by become intrigued by the book Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health by William Davis, M.D. As you can guess this is where my no carbs are coming into play, but really meaning no wheat. I didn't realize that wheat today(even whole wheat) is barely a shadow of the grain that it used to be. According to the information provided in this book, which isn't hard to believe, wheat has been manipulated and processed to yield more crops at a faster pace. So compared to the wheat our grandparents and great grandparents ate, our wheat is just more chemicals.
So blah blah blah, now I will step off of my soapbox.
I talk to a lot of my friends about food a lot of the time. I love it. I can't help it. So when I try new, healthy meals that actually come out good I am going to share them here for anyone who may be interested.
Tuesday night, Garette and I (ok ok mostly Garette) made spaghetti squash with a semi-homemade tomato sauce with shrimp and asparagus. It was A-mazing and super easy!!!
First - preheat your over to 400 degrees and get that spaghetti squash in there for 40-60 minutes depending on the squash. (FYI - there are way easier/quicker ways to cook this up, but I had some homework to finish so I took a slower option)
Next - Get the sauce on the stove. We used canned tomatoes to save time and just seasoned them how we liked it... including garlic, onion, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes (for some kick!), salt, and pepper. Feel free to season how you like it.
Then - Saute (or grill or roast or however you like it) the Shrimp and asparagus in a little olive oil and garlic.
Finally - Combine and enjoy!!!
Note: if you have never cooked spaghetti squash before, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Besides that, once you cook it and let it cool just slice it open, take out the seeds (like a pumpkin), and just use your fork to pull out the "Spaghetti." Easy peasy.
What is your favorite healthy go to? Any no/low carb ideas for me?!
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