Too much goodness! Spaghetti Squash with Spaghetti sauce!

Here's the short story.  I have been wanting to start a food/life blog for awhile now but never seem to have the time.  Now that school is getting underway again I am sure I will have even less time, but the problem is I have made SO much fun food this week that I felt I should share some ideas.  I don't have the pictures I would like for these, but it's a start and I will update and revise later. 

First of all, if you have never had Spaghetti Squash you MUST try it ASAP.  It's healthy for you and so easy to prepare.  A couple of nights ago, I made it with homemade spaghetti sauce.  I like to make spaghetti sauce from fresh tomatoes, but no salt added canned tomatoes work well too.

You can google many ways to cook a Spaghetti Squash and pictures to see the magic of it, but I don't have any this week. So the short answer is: Cut in half, rub with olive oil, roast with cut sides down for 30-40 minutes at 350 degrees.   After it cools for awhile, use a fork and run it across the flesh. A magical thing happens and suddenly you have hundreds of spaghetti like strands to set aside and use for your pasta.

Here's my basic, quick, spaghetti sauce.  You can cook this in the slow cooker for a few hours for a more complex flavor, but 25-30 minutes will do on a simmer.

2 tsp TB olive oil
1/2 small onion diced
2 cloves minced garlic
2  14oz cans organic-no salt added diced tomatoes
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried parsley
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 red wine

Saute onion in olive oil over medium heat until translucent.  Add garlic and saute a minute more.  Add remaining ingredients. Use a potato masher to mash up some of the tomatoes.  Bring to a gentle boil, then turn down to a simmer and simmer for about 30 minutes (or however much time you have).  About 5 minutes before you are done simmering, add the red wine.  It should have a little time for the alcohol flavor to cook out.

That is how easy a basic spaghetti sauce is.  It gets a little more complicated if you use fresh tomatoes, but not much.  Also, you can add whatever you like. Suggestions: saute some green pepper and mushrooms with the onions.