Geek Food: Recipe Number Uno

I kinda started delving into food geekdom a little over a year ago. Since then I've learned that the farmer's market is both heaven and hell, organic food really is doable, and cooking pairs well with a bottle of wine, Netflix and a lot of band-aids. I've become a devout follower of allrecipies.com as well as the somewhat obnoxious concoctions of Rachel Ray.

This week, however, I branched out. This was the week I took my organic veggies by the stem. This week I created my very first recipe...

And it kinda rocked.

So yeah, if you like somewhat healthy food that actually tastes good. Follow the directions below and geek out with your organic self.

Super Hero Spaghetti Squash Casserole

Ingredients:

1 large spaghetti squash

1 orange and 1 red bell pepper

1 cup ground turkey (spicy kind if they have it)

1 onion

1 large tomato

Ass-ton of garlic

Fresh Rosemary

Fresh Basil

2 cups low-fat shredded mozzarella

1 cup shredded parm

12oz Greek yogurt

Organic pasta sauce (26 oz jar)

Chop up a teaspoon or two of both the rosemary and basil, plus a crap ton of garlic, and toss it in a pot filled with the pasta sauce. It’s all to taste, so do whatever you want. Simmer and stir occasionally while you prep the other stuff, because you are so pimp you can multitask.

Multitasking

Get medieval on the spaghetti squash with a big, sharp kitchen knife and slice that mother straight down the middle; Beatrix Kiddo style. Grab a spoon and gut both sides just like you did to your pumpkin last Halloween. Slap both sides of the squash on a plate (rind up, holes down) and pop it in the micro for 7 mins.

Stir yo sauce and dice the onion and peppers while the squash is being nuked. Set oven to 350 and allow to pre-heat.

Once the squash starts to beep, take it out, turn it over with an oven mitt and shove that shit in the freezer. Your hands will thank me later.

Continue on with your bad self and toss that turkey into a skillet. Bump up the heat and cook through till it’s kind of light gray and zombie looking. Make sure to separate as you cook. Once done, drain and feel good about yourself for not using hamburger meat.

While your meat cools, grab the squash out of the freezer and scrape the insides with a fork onto a plate. Revel in the fact that it looks like noodles and congratulate your ancestors for figuring out this dope trick.

Combine 1 cup mozzarella, ½ cup parm, turkey, noodles, chopped veggies, yogurt, and pasta sauce all into one big-ass bowl. Mix it all up and smell how close you are to culinary victory.

Pour into a large baking pan, top with remaining parmesan and mozzarella, and shove it in the oven for about 25 mins. Allow to cool. Enjoy awesomeness.