Spaghetti Squash and Light Tomato Sauce

So my old next door neighbor had a vegetable garden and was always giving us vegetables that we truthfully had no use for. Of course we're a super healthy family and cook healthy most of the time but we are also just a family of 3 - so seriously how many veggies can one person eat? One time she dropped off some summer squash and I remember my mom saying to me "can you figure out to use this?". And sure enough I did. I came up with making spaghetti and then after the fact I found out it actually is a real recipe. I'll share with you what I made that day back in July of 2011. Now I make it as one of my go-to recipes.

Spaghetti Squash and Light Tomato Sauce

1 summer spaghetti squash

water

garlic and onion salt mixture

light tomato sauce

1. boil water

2. peel the squash into thin like spaghetti strips

3. boil it for about 3-4 minutes and then drain well - making sure it is fully dry

4. add in garlic/onion salt mixture (dash of each)

5. pour in sauce - about 1/4 cup and reheat or serve cold. 

Oven Roasted Asparagus

So I was in the mood to make a new vegetable dish and couldn't think of what vegetable to make. I thought and thought and then remembered that it had been about a billion years since I made asparagus - okay not a billion, I had actually never made it before. I searched for different recipes and from all of them came up with a pretty good one. It's super healthy and super tasty at the same time!

Oven Roasted Asparagus
1 pound of asparagus (cut of ends)
olive oil
salt
Parmesan Cheese

1. Preheat oven to 425
2. cut ends off asparagus and rinse them well
3. pour about 2 tbsp. of olive oil on asparagus
4. then sprinkle about a tsp. or so of salt and about 4 tbsp. or so of Parmesan cheese.
5. mix it all together
6. bake in oven for 15 minutes

Serve and Enjoy!

(Serve 2-3 people)