Spaghetti Squash Bake

SPAGHETTI SQUASH BAKE

• 1 medium spaghetti squash
• 4 cups broccoli florets
• 1-2 cups bacon pieces 
• 2 cups mushrooms, diced
• 1/4 cup arrowroot flour
• 2 tbsp minced garlic
• 16 oz almond milk 
• Salt and pepper (about 1 tsp each)

Pre heat oven to 425 degrees

1. Slice the spaghetti squash lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Place the two halves face-down on a baking sheet and place in the oven to bake for 30 minutes.
2. While the squash is cooking, cook your bacon. 
    Reserve at least 1 tbsp of fat in the pan for the sauce you'll make later.
3. Remove squash from oven after 30 minutes and set aside to cool. Keep the oven on at 425°.
4. While the squash is cooling, prepare the creamy garlic sauce. Heat the same pan you cooked the sausage in over medium heat. Once hot, add mushrooms and cook until they begin to soften, about 2 minutes. Add in the arrowroot flour and minced garlic and stir around to mix well with the mushrooms, about 1-2 minutes.
5. Next, add in almond milk, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. Be sure to mix well to dissolve all of the flour into the milk (you don't want any flour clumps). Use a whisk to mix if needed. The sauce will bubble and thicken, keep stirring to prevent burning. After 2 minutes turn heat down to low and simmer. Stir in salt and pepper. 
6. Now, put it all together. With a fork, scrape out the spaghetti squash "noodles" into a medium casserole dish. Add the broccoli, and creamy garlic sauce. Mix everything together well. Top with the bacon crumbs 
7. Place back in the oven to bake for 15 more minutes. Remove and serve.

Scout Lake Camping

Pictures from our recent camping trip to Scout Lake.  

Randomness of our Home

On any given day when you enter the Mackeson house hold...

 there is no telling what you will find where. 

Enter our home today and you will find:

un opened battery pack in the bathroom

kids cup in a vase

Spatula in the entryway

and who doesn't have a head lamp in the living room?

what would we find if we entered your home?

Paleo Shmaleo

I have had a lot of people ask me lately where I go to get my Paleo recipes.

So here is a centralized place for me to list my favorite sites/blogs as well as links to my favorite recipes.  

1.  Everyday Paleo 

         Sundried tomato Chicken Bake

         "Lasagna"  (I reduce the meat to 1 lb sausage 1 lb beef.  3lbs seems like over kill)

         Ginger Beef w/ Mango Salsa   AMAZING!

         Creamy Spaghetti 

         Beef Bulgogi

2.  Paleo Plan

          Butternut Squash w/ cranberries

          Waldorf Salad

          Shepherd's Pie

          Chocolate Chip cookies

          Carrot Banana Muffins

3.  Multiply Delicious 

          Apple Coconut Waffle  (double the recipe)

          Cauliflower Carrot Mash

4.  Fast Paleo

5.  Paleo Parents

6.  Caveman Strong

7.  The Baboo

So there you have it.  If you have a favorite Paleo blog or recipe please share!

From the Cave, :)

        

Life Lessons

Life lessons:  Random tidbits I have learned in life

Even 21 months after having a baby, your body (or maybe just mine) is still out of whack!  I am still loosing massive amounts of hair as well as growing new awesome little patches of hair in my bang line.  Your hormones or Ph is still off balance.  I find myself sweating at the most random and un necessary times.

Beginning to think this is going to be the new me.....

The Difference a Week Can Make

Last week I posted a video of Cade skiing, it has been a little less than a week and now look at the little guys moves.  Turning?!  If I don't get myself up to the mountain he is going to be better than me! 

Tyler said he was even doing some jumps with a buddy... PTL for helmets!

Life Lessons

Life lessons:  Random tidbits I have learned in life

It is much more fun to go out to eat when it's your husbands suggestion/idea.

Little Ripper