The first week of recommendations month is always a bit of wrapping up bits and pieces. So no one recommended these recipes but I just happened to have made them on Sunday.
Sunday night I was on cooking duty which pretty much took me just right up till the Oscars began.
My challenge was with two ingredients in two dishes: brussel sprouts and spaghetti squash. After rummaging through Pinterest, I finally decided on doing the Pan-fried brussel sprouts as the spaghetti squash needed the oven to cook.
Pan fried brussel sprouts
The recipe for that is right here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pan-fried-brussels-sprouts/
I’m just learning about the world of brussel sprouts. I did another recipe before HERE! That was pretty good too. This was is quite simple to do and honestly, I added all the ingredients as I felt it was necessary and its pretty good. If you want, it always seems to suggest to add some meat to it to add to the flavor. Since this was done early, my mom decided to reheat it in the pan a bit with some chicken broth. The result was very good 🙂
Moving on to the second dish, by the time the brussel sprouts were done, the spaghetti squash was almost done and I need to prepare the sauteed tomato sauce.
Spaghetti Squash with Sauteed Tomato Sauce
Originally, the recipe I have here is for a “gremolata”, which they say is this herb condiment with parsley, lemon zest and garlic. I can’t called this a gremolata because I didn’t have fresh lemons hence, no peel. I ended up making the sauce only.
Here is the recipe: http://www.afamilyfeast.com/spaghetti-squash-gremolata/
I made only one modification in this (other than not doing the gremolata). If you look at the recipe it says yellow tomato, but I used yellow peppers. I’m not exactly sure what a yellow tomato is…
Still, this was really good. I liked the tomato sauce with it and it gave a really good flavor. I used the leftovers for the next two days with a bit of rigatoni pasta and brought it for lunch 🙂 When I have lemons next time, I’d definitely try to make the gremolata and see how that tastes!
Strawberries
I ended the dinner with some delicious strawberries as dessert! Healthy and awesome! 🙂
How do you make brussel sprouts? Have you had gremolata before? How do you like your spaghetti squash (if you like it at all)?
Tranquil Dreams 