October 2, 2011

Lazy Man's Poblano Spaghetti Squash

Okay my recipes will always be approximate, meant to cook with your nose rearrange, expand on or to simply substitute. This can be based on your garden, refrigerator, mood, energy or needs. Maybe I should call myself either the Absentminded Chef or the . . .Dilly Dally Chef. Absent~minded will work; I overcooked the squash. Don't do that ! The texture can make or break the ambiance.
Right, right . . . . "tasted good, but could of had a warm chunky smoothy".

Well you are supposed to stuff them so . . . . .
Poblano at least two
2 pd Spaghetti Squash
Several Portobello mini mushrooms
1 small Red Onion
2 cloves Garlic
Spaghetti sauce of you choice; I used the one with eggplant
Ground pepper corn, to taste
Sea Salt your choice, to taste, mine was the Hawaiian pink
Parmesan, Ramano or Asiago
Grape seed oil, splash to desire

Prep:
To bake the Spaghetti Squash:
poke a bunch of holes in the squash
set the oven to 375 and cook for an hour on shallow cookie sheet
cut both ends, cut in half and scoop out seed
gently fork out the strands
Let cool, but not cold, warm. Don't over cook the squash at any point

to bake Poblanos:
Set oven to 400
Place on cookie sheet
Watch until the skin begins to separate
Flip though out the process
pull out and remove tops pulling out the seed
Dice . . .
If you were to stuff cut a T shape pull out seed
and stuff

Stuffing:
In a pan pour a several splashes of oil to cook onion and garlic
add spices and caramelize
add mushrooms to soften
add sauce
Cook slowly to a simmer
Add Squash

This is where you can choose to dice or T~ slice the Poblanos. If you choose to stuff save some sauce with out squash and smoother the stuffed chili. If you choose to dice, cook with the onions garlic and mushrooms and border with spinach as a garnish.

Lastly, sprinkle your favorite cheese and serve with nutty, grainy garlic toast.



Then have Andy come over and photograph it for the blog.

1 comment:

  1. I think you should take a shot with your Cannon! That's what I've taken all my humble little photos with. As for the recipe, I'm excited to try it. Maybe we can make it together out here at the casa?! Thanks for posting, Shar. I hope the Thanksgiving Gravy is next ;)

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