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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Bacon Delicata Cream Sauce Chicken Pasta aka Paleo Bacon Alfredo

I love pinterest. Like a lot. I recently figured out what to do with it. And now I’m addicted.

Ok, if you don’t know what it is yet, I’ll explain. So you know when you come across a website you really like? It may have a recipe on it, or a cute outfit, or a video that made you piss yourself. Well most of the time you might have bookmarked the page or saved the URL for future reference. Well who likes looking through all those bookmarks? Well pinterest lets you bookmark the page and remember that page with a picture. And then you can see what your friends are pinning and repin something you like of theirs. To sum things up, it’s helping me figure out how to dress myself, how to not wear a headband every second of the day, and helping me find new paleo blogs out there. 

I.LOVE.PINTEREST.SO.FREAKING.MUCH.I.MAY.NEVER.SLEEP.EVER.AGAIN.

It’s interesting to look at everyone’s boards. It kind of tells more about their personalities. My boards include food, food, and outfits. Shocker. Well the outfits one is, at least. I don’t think anyone is surprised with what I’m looking at though. I update my PaleOMG facebook page statuses every hour anyways so people usually know exactly where I’m at and exactly what I’m eating. Who wouldn’t want to know that kind of sh*t?! Anyways, what I have noticed is that girls my age really like pinning wedding related sh*t. Especially the single ones. Ugh. They pin wedding dresses, wedding rings, wedding cakes, etc., etc., etc., and they pin on their boards named “Someday” or “Wedding Love.” Ew. I’m not the best person to support that kind of stuff, probably because I lack feelings, but I definitely do know that I would much rather look at how to bake a squash then look at a white dress that is going to make my shoulders look even more lineman-ish than they already do. Gag me. I just want to get married on a beach. In a sports bra. And white lululemon spandex. Is that too much to ask?

If you’re not on pinterest, you should seriously think twice about it. Think twice meaning think against it. It’s so stupid addicting. I keep refreshing my page as I write this blog. I like being obsessed with random stuff though. Like headbands. And the guy from Avatar. Wow he’s pretty.

Now about food. Who doesn't like alfredo? Idiots, that's who. If you don't like a cream sauce over noodles that eat away at your intestinal lining and leak poop into your bloodstream, you're weird. No but seriously, alfredo tastes like heaven and this is as close as you can get to heaven. Well, next to being my boyfriend, that's true heaven. That was obviously a complete lie.

What you need:
  • 1 spaghetti squash
  • 1 larger delicata squash
  • 1/2 lb chicken tenders (or whatever kind of cut you like)
  • 4 slices bacon, diced
  • 1/2 cup canned coconut milk
  • 1 teaspoon basil
  • 1 teaspoon parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon thyme
  • salt and pepper, to taste
What you do:
  1. Preheat your 425 degrees.
  2. Cut spaghetti squash delicata squash in half and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and excess threads. Don't be dainty. 
  3. Place open side down on a baking sheet (use aluminum foil for easy clean up) and cook for 20-25 minutes. You will know when they are done cooking when you can poke the outside skin and it 'gives' a bit.
  4. Now you can either cook your chicken at the same time or after the squash is done cooking. Whatever you'd like. Just place chicken on a foil lined baking sheet, sprinkle some olive oil over the chicken (or other kind of fat), salt and pepper it, and sprinkle just a bit of basil on top. Easy peasy. I cooked my tenders for around 15-20 minutes, or until cooked through. Keep that sh*t moist bro.
  5. Once your squash is done cooking, pull it out of the oven, dethread the spaghetti squash into a large bowl with a fork. Go against the grain, if spaghetti squash had grain. You know what I mean.
  6. Now throw your diced bacon into a skillet and cook until done. Use a slotted spoon to pull out your cooked bacon, but leave behind the grease. I used all of my grease, you don't have to, but I'll consider you an idiot if you don't.
  7. Take your delicata squash and hollow it out. Unless you want to eat the skin, be my guest. If you're smart tho, you'll just use the insides and dump them into your warm skillet filled with bacon grease. Then add your coconut milk. You may need to add a little bit more coconut milk depending on how runny you like your sauce. Mix thoroughly with a ladle to break up the squash a bit. I used a pink ladle. It works the best. 
  8. Add seasonings to the mix and salt and pepper as needed. Mix thoroughly and cook on low for about 5 minutes to simmer.
  9. Now dice up your cooked chicken.
  10. Pour sauce over spaghetti squash and add your chicken to the mix.
  11. Mix well. 
  12. Top with bacon. Duh. 
  13. Eat it like you mean it.
This picture is to show how non dainty I am with my dethreading of squashes. Serious sh*t bro.
I might have eaten a lot of this before it made it into the pan. You'll never know though.
That's some chunky sh*t right therrrr.
Ohhhhh, that's what it's suppose to look like.
This picture makes me dizzy. Damn my fantastic photography skills, damn them.
That was a lot of captioning. Far too much. I understand if you never want to read my blog again.

19 comments:

  1. some of this looks like vomit, the end product however looks amazingly delish

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  2. oh and that message in now way reflects what I think about you, your blog, or your recipes. just saying

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  3. I agree about the Pinterest and weird wedding sh*t posts and the white Lululemon spandex! Lol and love your blog btw have tried many recipes, can't wait to try this one :)

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  4. made this tonight and added some sauteed red peppers and mushrooms to the sauce. soooo yummy! my pasta-loving roommates were amazed with how good it was. thanks, julie....great recipe!

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  5. THIS IS BOMB! I friggin love this meal right now. I also added the lovely red pepper flakes and some paprika. I add paprika to almost everything. Judge me. Whatever, it's seriously good :)

    Hmm... sometime later I'll figure out how to post my name. I'm busy eating. It's Stef.

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  6. Julie,I can't wait to try this and many other of your recipes! Thanks Lauren for pointing this blog my way. Love Pinerest too but I'm afraid the addiction!

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  7. Thank you so much PowerCleanQueen!!

    Great additives Tiffany!! That sounds fantastic!!

    Thanks Stef!!! So glad you liked it AND gave me a shout out on FB!

    Let me know how everything turns out Karen! And embrace the addiction ;)

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  8. Juli I love your blog I have barely left your page since Sunday!! Made this last night and it was delicious!

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  9. Making this tonight!

    I am also hopelessly addicted to pinterest.

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  10. Just made this... I think I love you

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  11. LB--are you still reading right this second?! Haha, thanks so much for your support! And I'm glad you liked the recipe!!

    Kaitlin- you + pinterest = love.

    How'd it turn out Alexandjacey?!

    Aaron--that good huh?! Glad you liked it :)

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  12. Juli, it was good! I couldn't find a Delicata squash anywhere (...well in the 2 stores I checked anyway ;)) so I used a white acorn squash.

    Tasted yummy! Looking forward to leftovers.

    Thanks again.
    - Jacey

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  13. I want to make this...today! Problem is, I can not find a delicata squash. I have looked in 3 different grocery stores this week! Would using 2 spaghetti squashes work, ya think?

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  14. jwit- Just use an acorn squash instead!!

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  15. I totally just pinned this to Pinterest.

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  16. Thank you so much Amber!! I love pinterest!!

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