Roasted Spaghetti Squash & Mixed Beans Quinoa

Dear Bloggers,
       Come aveva la tua giornata? Hopefully your day was just as wonderful as mine as well. I volunteered some time to help my step ma in her classroom and clean up, grade papers, organize papers, and just enjoy the presence of seventh graders once again. It was fun and and entertaining as one kid in her sixth period class was attempting to flirt ridiculously and trying to get my attention while I was grading papers. It was great and adorable. Anyhow, I got back and decided to cook up a meal with so much heartiness and nutritional value because I hadn't eaten much throughout the day.
       I cleaned up a spaghetti squash by cutting it into thirds and removing the seeds and excess pulp. I placed them into a ceramic dish with a 2 inch water bath and decorated the squash with olive oil, salt, pepper, red onion slices, and fresh parsley. I roasted them on 400 for 35 minutes until almost fully done. You do not want the squash to be overcooked and too tender at this point because it will be cooked additionally with the quinoa. In a saucepan, at the same time, I cooked 32 oz of chicken stock with mixed beans (whichever you like) fresh sage, and pepper until done. When the squash was finished, I removed it from the oven and began forking it until all of the squash was clean from the peel. In a pan, I added 1 teaspoon of olive oil with 2 roughly chopped tomato, and a half finely diced red onion. I added 1 1/3 cups of quinoa with 2 cups of water and let simmer on low. After adding the squash to the quinoa, tomatoes, and onions, I added the beans and 2 leaves of sage then let cook on low, covered for 40 minutes. I removed it from the heat and served it immediately with a leaf of fresh sage.

      This meal was outstanding in flavor and health benefits. Quinoa is the only grain known to man that is  classified as a protein because it contains 8 of the essential amino acids. In addition, the squash we added incorporates a significantly high amount of fiber and omega 3 fatty acids. YES! So, you simply cannot turn away from this dish when it tastes this spectacular and fuels your body with so much nutrition. Well, maybe you'll stop reading this now and get to cooking this recipe! Until next time, lovelies, stay healthy and happy cooking!