April 26, 2017

A while back I bought a cookbook called Inspiralized,

and I did something my mom used to do but was new to me -

I sat down and read it like a book.

I'm so glad I did!

The author told her personal story and it was very inspiring.

Then I read every single recipe and bookmarked all the ones I wanted to try - 

and there were quite a few.

Then I bought an Inspiralizer from Amazon.

I'm trying to declutter and also trying to stick to a strict budget, 

so I didn't make this purchase lightly,

but I figured, with all the recipes I wanted to try, 

it seemed likely I would get a good amount of use from it.

I think I was right.

Already, in the past week I've made these:

Zucchini Manicotti

Chicken Carrot Noodle Soup

Bikini Bolgnese

So the Inspiralizer, as you might imagine, spiralizes vegetables.

You can see an example of that in the first picture - 

that's a whole zucchini, in one piece!

We could have played jump rope with it.  :)

I found out last year how hard it is to cut back on carbs,

but I've always liked using spaghetti squash as a substitute for pasta,

so when I saw something about spiralizing veggies,

I thought it might work well for me.

And it does!

I don't know why exactly, but I am loving this!

It makes the dishes more fun and interesting,

and I think that's half the battle.

Ham Casserole

I even made my own dish, which I don't often attempt...

I swapped out spiralized zucchini for pasta in one of my favorite recipes.

Still yummy!

And a lot more nutritious.

I haven't this much fun cooking since, well, probably never.  :)