Do you guys every go through phases where you just don’t want anything to do with certain foods? Lately, that’s how I’ve been feeling about meat. I just have not been craving it!
While at Target over the weekend, I picked up a box of Morning Star Chick Patties. I think I’ve contemplated buying these dozens of times before, but never sealed the deal.
Over the weekend, I cooked one of these patties up in the oven and had it on a Pepperidge Farm 7 grain deli flat.
No sauce. No veggies. Just the faux meat and bun.
It was glorious. It seriously reminded me of the chicken pattie sandwiches from high school. I know that sounds disgusting, but in this instance it’s actually a very very good thing.
Then, the other night I had a VISION: Faux Chicken Parmesan… Healthified, no less:
Shut the front door!!!!
First up, grab a spaghetti squash and halve it…
I swear, every time I try and halve a squash I have flashes of severing a finger. I think to myself, “is this it?” Is this the day that I lose a finger in the name of squash??
Once it’s halved, scoop out the seeds, and pop this puppy onto a cookie sheet into a 415 degree over for 30 minutes. I ‘m no fan of mooshy squashoodles.
Next, I grabbed some leftover pasta sauce from the freezer. This was Nature’s Basket Roasted Garlic:
Why do I get such joy from stock piling individual servings of goods in the freezer? It’s uncanny really.
I defrosted the sauce a bit in the microwave, then tossed in a pan and added a hodge podge of seasonings including: red pepper flakes, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, parsley.
Once the squash was done, I pulled it out of the oven and used a fork to scrape out the innards. Then popped 1 chicken pattie and some broccoli into the oven to do their thang.
Once the pattie was cooked through, I combined all my delicious and oh-so-easy ingredients:
Faux-chicken-parmesan MASTERPIECE.
I am in love with these patties… seriously, if you haven’t tried them DO IT. Just make sure you cook them in the oven (and not the microwave) and you’ll get a crispy delicious bit of faux-meat-heaven.
Mmmm hmmmmmmmmmmm….
This WILL be making frequent appearance in my tax season dinner diet. For sure.
Stats on 1 serving faux chicken parmesan (1/2 squash, 1 pattie, 1/2 cup sauce): 274 calories, 44carbs, 7g fat, 12g protein, 8g fiber
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274 calories!! Eek I'm in love! :D Looks amazingggg
This looks really good! I've never had spaghetti squash, but am curious to try it. Does it taste anything like pasta?
Spaghetti squash is delicious! Even my boyfriend loves it! It has a different texture than pasta, but it is an AWESOME substitute. Definitely try it out!
That looks so good! Im going to try those chik patties asap :)
I LOVE them! I'm buying more this weekend!!!
LOVE these patties, but haven't utilized them like this. That may have to change!
This looks so good!! Ive never tried morningstar products (I prefer to make my own!) but I love how you served it with spaghetti squash! I can eat an entire one in 2days no joke. Totally love that stuff!
I absolutley loveee morningstar anything!! Their mushroom lovers burgers are the BOMB. And I still haven't tried spaghetti squash yet - but you make it sound so easy! What I need to do is suck it up and buy one, I'll be certain to make it eventually if I see it every day :)
I've wondered about these before! So glad to hear that they are so tasty! I need to go pick up a box next time I go to the store!
That looks SO GOOD girl!!!! I love the MorningStar Chikn burgers!!! :) I HAVE to try that! :D
Yum! I haven't tried spaghetti squash but I am a major fan of any quick, easy recipe. This sounds delicious.