VITACOST HAUL || BAKED SPAGHETTI SQUASH || WELLNESS WEDNESDAY

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I try and I try to eat as healthy as I can but like most of the world, I fail A LOT. I’ve realized basically it’s all about what I have in my home so if I keep the bad out, typically I’m ok. Although I often find myself with extremely strong cravings. I have to have snacks, I just have to. Plus I have kids so it’s hard not to have stuff in my home for them. I just have to make sure it’s the good kind of snacks. I have learned if I find healthier substitutes for the things I love so much, it makes it much, much better. So I am sharing a couple of recipes here today we love and also taking you on a journey through my Vitacost haul. I really wanna do this more often and show you what I’m getting at Trader Joe’s, what I’m ordering from Shipt and Costco. So here we go…

BAKING

• Shiloh Farms Organic Cocoa Powder
• Simple Truth® Finely Ground Almond Meal/Flour
• Simple Truth® Organic Flaxseed Meal
• Wholesome Organic Coconut Palm Sugar

CONDIMENTS

• Wickles Wicked Pickle Chips
• Annie’s Naturals Organic Horseradish Mustard
• Better Than Bouillon Organic Roasted Chicken Base
• Bragg Liquid Aminos
• Coconut Secret The Original Coconut Aminos® Sauce Garlic
• Primal Kitchen Mayo with Avocado Oil
• Annie’s Naturals Organic Ketchup

DAIRY

• Nutpods Non-Dairy Creamer Unsweetened Hazelnut

HEALTH

• Herbs For Kids Willow and Garlic Ear Oil Drops
• All Natural Activated Charcoal Tooth & Gum Powder Peppermint
• Natural Path Silver Wings Colloidal Silver
• Natural Vitality Natural Calm Raspberry Lemon
• Vitacost Activated Charcoal — 260 mg – 90 Capsules
• World Organic Liquid Chlorophyll — 100 mg
• Quest Nutrition Protein Powder Peanut Butter

PASTA/CARB SUBSTITUTES

• Andean Dream Organic Quinoa Pasta Fusilli Gluten Free
• Nuco Organic Coconut Wraps Turmeric
• Skinny Pasta Konjac 9 Calories per Serving Spaghetti Shape Pasta Gluten Free
• Andean Dream Organic Royal Quinoa Pasta Spaghetti
• Dr. McDougall’s Ramen Soup Vegan Chicken

SNACKS

• Barbara’s Cheese Puffs Original
• Annie’s Homegrown Organic Cheddar Snack Mix
• Annie’s Homegrown Organic Saltine Classics Crackers
• Dirty Potato Chips Original Recipe Potato Chips Sour Cream & Onion
• Dirty Potato Chips Original Recipe Potato Chips Salt & Vinegar
• Organic Gemini TigerNut Whole Original
• Ostrim Natural Snack Stick Beef & Elk Sweet & Spicy
• SkinnyPop Popcorn Gluten Free Sea Salt & Black Pepper
• Lundberg Organic Thin Stackers™ Brown Rice Cakes Lightly Salted
• Way Better Snacks Gluten Free Non-GMO Whole Grain Corn Tortilla Chips Sweet Chili

SAUCES/JUICES

• Dave’s Gourmet Organic Pasta Sauce Red Heirloom
• Dave’s Gourmet Pasta Sauce Butternut Squash
• Santa Cruz Organic Pure Lemon Juice
• Santa Cruz Organic Pure Lime Juice
• Lakewood Organic Fresh Pressed® Pure Apple Juice

SPICES/SEASONINGS

• Wisdom Natural Sweetleaf Water Drops Strawberry Kiwi (TO FLAVOR WATER)
• Wisdom Natural SweetLeaf® Stevia Sweetener
• Wisdom Natural SweetLeaf® Sweet Drops™ Sweetener Vanilla Creme (STEVIA DROPS FR COFFEE/BAKING)
• Bragg Premium Nutritional Yeast Seasoning
• Navitas Naturals Organic Chia Seeds

SWEETS

• HU Dark Chocolate Bar Vegan Paleo Salty
• Cocomels Organic Coconut Milk Caramels
• Endangered Species Dark Chocolate 72% Cocoa Bar Vegan Glulten Free Sea Salt and Almonds
• Justin’s Organic Mini Peanut Butter Cups Milk Chocolate
• Theo Chocolate Organic Fair Trade 70% Dark Chocolate Bar Salted Almond
• Woodstock Mini Me’s™ Organic Rice Bites Dark Chocolate
• Lily’s Dark Chocolate Premium Baking Chips
• Peanut Butter & Co The Bee’s Knees Peanut Butter with Honey
• Nuts N More High Protein Peanut Spread Birthday Cake
• SunButter Sunflower Butter Natural Crunch
• Purely Elizabeth Probiotic Granola Gluten Free Chocolate Sea Salt (THE BEST!!!)
• Theo Chocolate Kids’ Crunch Dark Chocolate Almond (KIND OF LIKE A CRUNCH BAR)
• Somersault Crunchy Sunflower Seed Bites Dutch Cocoa

BAKED SPAGHETTI SQUASH RECIPE

Baked Spaghetti Squash Recipe – Ingredients:

2 spaghetti squash

1 lb lean ground beef or bison

1 diced onion

Handful of chopped tomatoes

2-4 cups tomato sauce (actually just however you like it, we prefer a lot of sauce)

Italian seasoning

Salt & Pepper

1-2 Tbsp minced garlic depending on your love for garlic

2 Tbsp parmesan cheese

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (or if you love cheese like me wayyyy more)

Baked Spaghetti Squash Recipe – Instructions:

1. To cook spaghetti squash, preheat oven to 375 degrees F and cut squash down the middle lengthwise. Scoop out all seeds and place cut side down in baking sheet or shallow glass pan. You can either a.) brush lightly with olive oil for crisper “noodles” or put water in bottom of baking pan to steam them.
2. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until able to pierce with fork.
3. In the meantime, drizzle olive oil in large pan over medium heat and sauce the tomatoes, onion, meat and garlic until no longer pink.
4. Stir in spaghetti sauce and seasonings and bring to a boil, then simmer until spaghetti squash is ready.
5. Remove squash from oven and let cool (its hot trust me, I’ve made the mistake) then fork out the strands of spaghetti into large bowl.
6. Add parmesan to sauce.
7. Alternate spaghetti squash and pasta sauce mixture into a 9×13 baking dish then top with mozzarella cheese.
8. Cover with foil then bake again at 350 degrees F for 30 or so minutes. Uncover foil and melt cheese in oven for a few more minutes then season to taste. (I personally added crushed red pepper flakes)

Hope you guys loved the recipe and my picks from Vitacost! Feel free to email or comment with any questions. Xo.

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