RECIPE: Spaghetti Squash with Ginger Chicken

This is my first attempt at posting a favorite recipe of mine for all to enjoy.  After our group talk about nutrition and healthy eating I thought it would be a good idea to share what my family enjoys as a health meal.

Now my wife and I are different when it comes to cooking.  My wife likes cooking with a recipe and I enjoy looking into the pantry and guessing what goes well with what ever I find.  This recipe is one of those that I just came up with when my family went to go visit my mother this past summer.  It is so very delicious and so very easy to make.  It is basically a grilled boneless chicken breast sliced over a bed of spaghetti squash and sliced cherry tomatoes with a drizzle of ginger salad dressing over top.  Ummmm umm good!  Here is what you need to do:

Ginger Chicken over Spaghetti Squash

Serves: 2 people
Prep Time: 5 min
Total Cook Time: 15 min

Ingredients:
(1) Spaghetti Squash - Small/Medium Size
(2) Boneless Chicken Breasts (frozen or thawed)
(1) Container of Cherry Tomatoes
(1) Jar of 'Naturally Fresh' Ginger Dressing

Prep/Cooking Directions:

1. Grill the boneless chicken breasts like you normally would.  Try not to make the outside of the chicken breast hard by over cooking it.  It will taste better if you watch the chicken and cook it until all of the pink is out of the center.
2. When you place the chicken on the grill start preparing the spaghetti squash.
1. Slice off the ends of the squash
2. Slice the squash in half, longwise.
3. Clean out the seeds and the guts like you would a pumpkin at Halloween.  
4. Place both halves cut-face down in the microwave for 12 minutes. (If you cook it any other way it will take forever!)  You can cook the squash longer if you like it a little more squishy, but we like our squash a little crunchy.  It helps with the overall feeling of the dish.
3. While the chicken and squash are cooking, take your tub of cherry tomatoes and slice them in quarters.  We like lots of tomatoes, so we slice the entire tub, but it is totally up to you.
4. When the chicken is done (no pink in the center), take a spoon full of the Ginger dressing and cover the top of the chicken breast with a think layer.  Keep the ginger covered chicken on the grill for a good 3-5 minutes until you see the ginger dressing start to 'caramelize'. You'll know what I mean when you do it.  If you are doing this on a Forman Grill, it won't caramelize as much as it will on a traditional gas grill, but just keep it there for 3-5minutes anyway.

Serving Directions:

1. When the microwave beeps, take out one of the halves of the Spaghetti squash with a pot holder. DO NOT TAKE IT OUT WITH YOUR BARE HAND!!!  My first degree burns let me learn that even if it has a skin, it is still hot as hell!
2. Hold the squash vertically over the dish you want to serve it in.  Take a fork and gently rake out the squash starting from the top moving to the bottom with long strokes.  Shorter strokes will make shorter strands of squash.  One small half is usually enough for one person.  Once both halves are raked and separated in their dishes, then throw away the skins.
3. Take a chicken breast from the grill and slice it width wise (short wise) into 1/4" slices.  When the entire breast is sliced, then cut all of the slices down the center (basically in half).
4. Place the sliced chicken on top of the squash. Presentation is everything so make it pretty.  Think Julia Child.
5. Drizzle your ginger dressing over top off the chicken and squash.  Just do as much as you want, but I suggest 3-4 Tbsp, but adjust it to your liking.  Just don't drown it.
6. Take the sliced tomatoes and place as many as you like on top.  

ENJOY!!  This is as healthy as you make it.  Drown it in dressing and it will taste heavy and blah in my opinion.

If you want a little special kick to the Ginger sauce, mix the following ingredients together.  

Special Sauce:
(2 cups) 'Naturally Fresh' Ginger Dressing
(2 Tbsp) Emeril's Green Pepper Sauce (We have to order this online.)
(1-1/2 tsp) McCormick Lemon Pepper (California Style)

Someone make it and let me know what you think!