Happy Friday Kids, I am back from my I-refuse-to-blog-on-Thursdays. So here I am. Today was very relaxed. I heart working from home.
I made a foul the other day shopping in Kroger and I didn’t realize it until I made dinner tonight. For some reason, I picked up a butternut squash and not a spaghetti squash.
I can’t really blame Kroger for this error because I am at fault. Spaghetti squash is an oval shape, yellowish, and has directions that say Spaghetti Squash. Butternut squash is orange in color and looks like a messed up bowling pin. How did I confuse the two? Really, I don’t know. I have good eye sight (thank to contacts) and practically spend my life in grocery stores; I should have realized what I was doing. Oh well, I prepared the butternut squash in the same way that I wanted to prepare my spaghetti squash. And guess what? It was still awesome.
I cut the butternut squash in half, scooped out the seeds, and baked for 30 minutes at 350 degrees on a baking tray. For the veggie topping, I chopped half of a zucchini and halved 2 handuls of cherry tomatoes. I sauteed the zucchini and tomato in a little extra virgin olive oil, dried basil flakes, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
I swoon.
Ooohh stream …
Yeah, so I mixed up spahgetti squash and butternut sqaush. It was a rookie miskate, I know. But it was still good and that is all that matters.
Have you ever bought the wrong food in the store but used it anyway? Was it amazing? Or not-so-amazing?
Hey there! I am twenty something vegetarian with a passion for real food, cooking, and living a healthy, happy life.
You’ve got some great colors going on there!
I went to KRoger the other day and asked if they had spaghetti squash, and they said no! I was so mad.
I have bought the wrong thing plenty of times. The other week I bought black bean soup instead of black beans. I still used it, and in fact it was really good!
zucchini is my love right now
sooo good!
I hate when I pick up the wrong foods.. but love when it comes out delicious anyway!
I love all squash so I think I’d be happy with both
Butternut is fave!!! So glad you accidentally got it
I love me some b-nut muffins!!!
butternut is da bomb. great mistake.
Haha in my opinion, butternut squash rocks ass. Much better than spaghetti squash.
I once got raw almond butter instead of the roasted kind. Nah. still like the roasted ones better.
I want that bowl of yummies!!!
Oh yum, that looks amazing!
I love butternut squash! That mistake would have made me happy!
oh man, that looks crazy good.
i’ll totally buy the wrong thing and not realize it… then i’ll get home and be very insistant that either the store of the fiance screwed up
Once my boyfriend was planning to make roasted asparagus but he bought arugula instead. Ha! Men.
That bowl looks delicious! Perfect,actually!
Hey I wouldn’t know the difference between squashes anyway.
mmmm girl that look sooooo yummy.
so funny! i didn’t even know people actually ate acorn squash until this year! i always thought they were used for decoration.
Yum! Your photos look so beautiful! Glad the mistake worked out, I love butternut squash. I have bought the wrong item before, I usually end up just leaving it out.
Your veggies look so colorful and delish! I think that little mistake worked out okay :O)
ha, yeah, I buy the wrong stuff all the time. It usually works out okay because it’s usually pretty close
this looks gorgeous and amazingly delicious!
ahh yes this does happen to me sometimes! recently I bought a butternut squash instead of a spefghetti one and didn’t realize till I roasted it! (i was a squash newbie!!)
it turned out delicious! I mashed it up with cinnamon!