Saturday, November 5, 2011

Side By Side

Look at Mini Stubby and a spaghetti squash side by side!  They are the same size and shape.  Mathematicians call this "congruence."  
Today we will be making two side dishes: a roasted spaghetti squash and a couscous salad.

After baking the spaghetti squash for one hour at 350 degrees, Mini Stubby is ready to scoop out the spaghetti squash insides.


It's not a monster! It's just Mini Stubby playing with the spaghetti squash insides.

See how easily the spaghetti squash comes out in strands with just a fork!

Season with salt and pepper and enjoy!

Now it's time to make the couscous salad!
Mini Stubby likes couscous so much that he decided to dive right in. For the couscous salad we used: couscous, scallions, the juice of one lemon, cherry tomatoes, and cucumber.

To cook the couscous, 
1.  Bring one cup of water, 1/4 of a teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of butter to boil.
2. Add one cup of couscous and stir quickly.
3. Remove from heat and cover.
4. Let stand for four to five minutes.
5. Fluff with a fork.

Dice all of the vegetables and slice one lemon.  Mix all of the vegetables together.  

Mini Stubby licked the lemon and found out that lemon is very sour. 
Live and learn, Mini Stubby! 
Combine cooked couscous with the chopped vegetables, juice of a lemon, salt, and pepper. 


Yum!  Sometimes I like to bring couscous to school for my lunch.  What do you like to eat for lunch?

2 comments:

  1. The spaghetti squash looks delicious. Mini-stubby looks like he has a wig on. If he's not careful, we may mistake him for a red panda.

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  2. I'd like to make a request for the next panda used in this blog: pesto
    this was a great post i was surprised how good the squash was

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