Spaghetti Squash with Marinara Sauce

It is quite hard starting out on the Paleo diet when you are away from home and don't have your comfortable kitchen setup. I am working in Canada and am in a loft with 7 other people and we dont have many utensils or appliances. I have bought a few things but am just modifying recipes if they need a blender or something I dont have with me. I also dont have alot of my herbs =( so I have stocked up on a few but could still do with more. It is also hard as well because I am not familiar with the town yet so I have been asking around hoping to find a place that sells grass-fed meats and organic foods. I have been successful and found Grants who has delicious grass-fed meets and gluten free muesli bars with no added sugar so I can eat those yay! I also found Springs Organics which have fruit, vegetables and nuts and skincare yay! Both which are in downtown Invermere (about 25mins drive from where I am living)

I stumbled across an amazing blog Paleo Girls about two sisters who have been on Paleo and are enjoying its benefits. They also had lots of recipes which is really helping me stick to Paleo. Here's one of them.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 Spaghetti Squash (I dont think we have these in Australia but I will be looking when I get home!)
• 1 tablespoon Oregano
• 1 tablespoon Basil
• Fresh Ground Pepper and Sea Salt, to taste

METHOD

• Preheat oven to 190C/375F
• The Spaghetti Squash needs to be cut in half and then placed face down into a baking dish
• Fill with enough water that 1/2inch of the spaghetti squash is immersed in water
• Cover with aluminium foil and place in preheated oven for 45mins until the squash is easily pieced with a paring knife
• Turn over the squash and recover with foil. Bake for another 15mins
• Remove from the oven, uncover and allow to cool

• Using a spoon, remove the seeds and discard

• Use a fork to gently pull the strands of squash away from the peel and place the strands into a mixing bowl
• Add ingredients above and gently toss with tongs

MARINARA SAUCE

INGREDIENTS

• 1/8 cup Olive Oil
• 1/2 Onion-diced
• 2 cloves garlic-minced, chopped whatever..
• 1 tablespoom Basil
• 1 tablespoon Oregano
• Small tin of whole organic tomatoes with their juice
• Ground Pepper and Sea Salt to taste

METHOD

• Place olive oil, garlic and onion in a pan and cook until translucent and soft
• Add all other ingredients and let simmer - the longer the better. I let it simmer for about half an hour.

• Gently mix in with Spaghetti Squash

Viola! Spaghetti Squash with Marinara Sauce and it tastes just like pasta! Defintely making this one again!

I ate this with a side of vegetables but you can use it with fish, chicken, meatballs whatever you like.

I did an "Annie" workout this morning from the Crossfit Darwin site. It is too cold to workout outside (about -5C) so I worked out in the Common Room of Staff Accommodation. It was a bit hard doing Double Unders because Aaron broke my rope, skipping outside in the winter weather and it snapped! Curious at the reason for why he was using my rope?? I used his which is a bit big so I had to wrap it around my hand which wasn't very comfortable. Pretty happy with my time though. I beat my last Annie workout by 20 seconds. Yeeha!

-Warm Up-
2rds of:
1x Stair Sprint
10x Sit Ups
10x Push Ups

-WOD-
"Annie"
50-40-30-20-10 reps for time:
Double Unders
Sit Ups
Time: 7:03

Eat Healthy, Feel Healthy, Live Healthy!