You can try substitute baked Spaghetti Squash and slathering it with butter and garlic. They will probably be affordable.

When you buy spaghetti squash, do you just cut it open and scoop it out?? I’ve had it before and it is delish! My problem is that when I buy produce I don’t know how to prep, I waste it :/

Preheat oven to about 350 F. Rinse off outside of squash and cut it lengthwise. Scoop/Scrape out the inside seeds with a spoon. If you scrape too deeply, you’ll lose the good stuff. Poke it with a fork on the inside like you do with potatoes on the outside. Put the two halves face down in a pan (like a lasagna pan… oops! sorry about the pasta reference…) with about 1/4 to 1/2 inch of water in it. Carefully not to slosh the water out, put pan into oven and bake until you can put a fork in and it the flesh is soft. If it’s too hard when you get it out, just put it back in the oven and cook longer. So don’t turn off the oven until you know it’s done the way you like it.
You really can’t do it wrong so just give it a go.
Then, (watch out, it’s hot!) carefully scrape out the total insides onto a plate or into a bowl. You can just sprinkle with salt or put butter on it or cayenne or garlic or ANYthing you like. Yum. I wish I had some right now! Let me know how it goes,
-Brooke.

And I’m wondering how to do the Holidays on only one latte a day! Big Breath!

My question to you about the latte a day thing: Is it about limiting the caffeine? The milk? Or what?
First thing that came to mind was why not make
Teeny Lattes?
So, for example, divide a single X-ounce latte into 3 portions (or four or five, depending on how many ounces it is originally) and call them your Teeny Lattes. Buy (at Ocean State or City Mission) a stunning little tea cup/shot glass/something special, and drink your Teeny Latte outa that. Might be kinda fun, no?

Teeny Lattes sounds like fun. For me it’s about the caffeine. And the taste. I like Lattes. and I like to get an energy boost. There are other, healthier ways to boost myself so I try to limit my lattes to one a day. And I reward myself for walking my dogs to the coffee house and back. thanks for the tip!

Teeny Lattes sounds like fun. For me it’s about the caffeine. And the taste. I like Lattes. and I like to get an energy boost. There are other, healthier ways to boost myself so I try to limit my lattes to one a day. And I reward myself for walking my dogs to the coffee house and back. thanks for the tip!