AIP “Pasta”

I am rarely original in cooking but I do ok at tweaking the recipes of another person to make myself or my family happy.

I have been using this recipe for cooking Spaghetti Squash for a couple years:  http://elanaspantry.com/how-to-cook-spaghetti-squash/

Recently we used this recipe to make nutrient-dense burgers:  http://www.thepaleomom.com/2014/02/505050-burgers.html

So, today I decided to combine them so we could have “pasta” for dinner.  I mixed up the meat and browned it with onion like I would for any casserole.  For the rest of my family/friends, I also pureed and cooked down some tomatoes with spices (because I didn’t have any sauce on hand).

I set the meat, sauce, and “Spaghetti” out separately and let people make their own stack, according to their preferences. 

We also baked up some sweet potatoes.  Last week a friend recommended trying rosemary on a baked sweet potato so we got out some spices and mixed them in, again individually.

I didn’t tell my son or his friend that there was offal meat in the mixture.  No need to give them a psychological reason to not eat.  It was a really tasty meal and my son even grabbed seconds, even though he knew that there would be pizza where they were going next.