Stuffed Acorn Squash

Oh man, Mom's march to cozy comfort food continues. Hey, I'm all for comfort food. Ever heard of mac-n-cheese? That's comfort food. But for some reason, it keeps getting left off the menu, unless Daddy is out of town and then we get mac-n-cheese and Mommy's dinner comes in a glass with a long stem.

So I was super skeptical when Mom stuffed dinner into a squash. I did enjoy scraping out the seeds of this one. But when it was done, hmmm.... this looks interesting. And that means ultimately that I am NOT going to be eating it. I know I know I say I'm going to try it, but well, I don't know what any of this stuff is.

Even when mom took it out of the squash and just gave me the sausage and apple part. With a roll. I ate some of the roll and declared myself full.

The girl tried it. Mom called her brave and said she did a good job. That's laying it on a little thick mom. I wasn't scared of it, I just didn't want to try any of it because I was afraid it would kill me. Totally different thing.

Mom says the good thing about it is if you leave out the bread crumbs and cheese it becomes "Whole30" approved? Whatever, it's Whole Pete not approved.

Anyway, this is not Pete approved, which I guess is unfair since I didn't even try it. But honestly, it's too scary to contemplate trying.

If you want to make it, you can try it here: there's a fun video to watch of the food being made. And that's nice because any opportunity to watch TV that doesn't cost me a TV ticket is much appreciated.

Unstuffed Cabbage

Welcome November. That means Mom is going to get out her crock pot and experiment on all those things she's been "pinning" all summer long. What this really means is that in the morning when Mom should be getting my breakfast, or turning on the TV for me (we can talk about PJ Masks later), or getting me a drink, or otherwise paying attention to ME, she's busy putting stuff in the crockpot for dinner.

This time, mom took some perfectly good hamburger (ground turkey) and plopped it in the crock pot with a bunch of cabbage and some tomatoes. I know I know I love tomatoes, but when they come out of a can I get really skeptical. What were they doing in there? Who put them in there? What do they taste like now? You have to EXPLAIN!

Well despite my skepticism, I actually ate some of this. What? It's November, a guy likes to be cozy. I'm not actually sure what cabbage is so I ate that too. It's what? A vegetable??!! Stop playing.

And the girl? Well.... She's still working on that fork thing.

If you'd like to get cozy like Mom, click here for the recipe. It's surprisingly Pete approved.