Oodles of noodles (Squashed)

   Last night for dinner I thought I'd try my hand at my first comfort food alternative. I'm part of a large family and grew up eating spaghetti once a week for years. It's cheep and and easy and can feed an army. I make it a lot. It was one of the first thing's I learned to cook, and like I said "cheep and easy". My youngest is 11 and would it eat every night if he could. So to take it away from the boys just seems cruel, they are not the chubby ones, and as long as they are not devouring an entire pot it's okay.

            The spaghetti alternative (Solo mission)

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   I found about a thousand recipes for spaghetti squash on pinterest and decided I'd just wing it. I chose the directions for cooking the squash here How to make a spaghetti squash and baked that puppy up. I was nervous. The guts looked and smelled just like pumpkin, and I hate pumpkin. But after it was baked It really didn't smell like anything. I shredded up the noodles per say, and covered it in marinara with a few crumbles of goat cheese. It really wasn't bad. The shreds were a little tuffer than al dente noodles ( probably from my lack of cooking skills),  but I ended up eating most of it. I'm not going to lie and say it was the best thing ever, but I will say it was very filling. I think I'll make it again sometime maybe adding meatballs and basil. I'm just glad that it turned out edible on my first try.