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Welcome back everyone to Katherine's
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Plates where it's simply delicious. I'm
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going to take one of my favorites. It's
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an old recipe of mine called spaghetti
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chicken bake and we are going to turn
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this into freezer meals. I'm going to
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use small pans right here. This will be
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for my children,
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Joseph and Rihanna, who moved out of our
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house over a year ago. Got their own
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place, and they share the rent and
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everything. They have a roommate helping
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with that also. So, oh y'all, they need
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some food.
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And I try to make something big and then
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Thomas and I will eat a little portion
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of it and then give them the rest. But
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I'm going to try to put these into
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freezer size containers here. These are
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8 by8s. But this whole recipe can be fit
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into a 9 by13 if you want to make the
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whole thing in one container. All right,
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you guys. Chicken spaghetti bake is so
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easy. The first thing we're going to do
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is cook up the spaghetti.
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I have 16 oz of just regular spaghetti.
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Now, I put my lid onto my pot of water
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to bring it to a boil faster.
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And then we'll just get this ready. Now,
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I like to salt my water. Give the
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spaghetti a nice flavor.
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About half a tablespoon.
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Now, Rihanna uses my cookbooks a lot
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over there, which makes me happy. But we
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try to help them cuz, you know,
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groceries are very expensive. And I
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think they're getting more expensive.
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All right, so we're going to put this in
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and we'll stir that around for about 1
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minute. It'll keep it from sticking.
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We're going to cook this until all dente
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cuz it will finish cooking
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in the oven.
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Okay, this will cook for about 11 to 12
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minutes and then we'll drain it
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completely. Make sure you stir it every
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so often.
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That way you don't have big clumps of
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spaghetti.
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Now, generally bakes or casserles are
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full meals. So, we got to get some
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veggies in there for the kids, right?
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because they probably won't eat this
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with a veggie.
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So, I've got a red bell pepper because
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it'll give it some color.
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And
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you can also use the roasted red bell
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peppers in the jar, which will give it
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more flavor, but I had this on hand.
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So, I just took off the four sides. I've
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already washed the peppers
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and we'll just dice them up very small
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because they're going to cook in the
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oven. I'm not going to sauté these down.
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This is a surprise for them
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and they'll be super happy cuz once I
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make it, cool it down and get it into
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the containers,
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Thomas and I will take it over to them
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and drop it off.
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As we have a few errands to run, we can
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do that. All right, that's the red one.
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I'm going to do the green one. And we're
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also going to dice up a yellow onion.
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The more stuff you put in it, the more
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it bulks it up and you can get more out
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of it.
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That's my philosophy.
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And if you're asking, this is not low
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carb. This is a freezer meal for our
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kids.
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All right, we're going to do the green
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one. Keep an eye on your spaghetti and
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make sure you stir it every so often.
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bell peppers will give it a nice color
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and some nutrients in there.
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They won't even know. Well, they'll
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know, but they won't know.
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All right, we're going to do the yellow
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onion. Now, what's great about this
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recipe is the only thing we're cooking
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is the spaghetti. and we'll put it all
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together
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and it goes right into the oven.
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Love that. This is such a simple recipe.
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Just chop up some vegetables. And what's
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also great is you could get vegetables
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already chopped up in your store if you
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want to do that.
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So, I'm just taking the ends off the
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onion, peeled off the outer later,
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and made slices into the onion. Cut
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through the slices to make dices.
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That's all you need. All right, we're
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going to add this to a large mixing
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bowl.
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Now, the next ingredient that we're
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going to get ready
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is our chicken.
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This one just falls right apart. I'm
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going to chop this up and get all the
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meat off of it. Now, this is a mosquite
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roasted rotisserie chicken. It's got
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great flavor and that's what you're kind
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of looking for, but you want a full like
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three cups of fully cooked chicken for
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this recipe. And you want to make sure
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that it's nice and flavored. It's where
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a lot of the flavor is going to come
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from for this chicken spaghetti bake.
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So, if you want to bake your own
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chicken, if you want to
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boil your chicken, roast your chicken,
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if you have leftover chicken
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from anything that you've made, you can
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pull it apart, shred it up, and that'll
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work just fine. You just want to make
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sure that it's full of flavor.
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All right. Now, I'm just going to chop
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it up.
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Chop it up nice and small.
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That way it'll disperse nice and evenly
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all over the chicken spaghetti bake
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and every bite will get some chicken.
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That's what we're looking for.
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All right. Once you get it all chopped
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up, we're going to add it to our onions
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and peppers in the large mixing bowl.
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We're going to add in two cans of cream
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of soup. Now, I'm going to be using a
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cream of chicken and a cream of celery.
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Those sound really good. You can even
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use a cream of mushroom if you want to
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do that. So, as long as you have two
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cans, and these are the 10.5 oz size
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cans. So, you can mix and match whatever
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you want to do. If you want to do two
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mushrooms, two celeries, or two
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chickens, it's whatever you want to do.
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That smells good. Into the bowl.
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There we go. All right. We're going to
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grate sharp cheddar cheese
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8 oz. Now, this is going to be divided
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because we're going to put half of it in
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here and then save the other half for
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the topping.
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And I'm going to grate it fresh.
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Yeah. Nothing like fresh grated cheese.
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Now, you can use sharp cheddar cheese,
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mild or medium cheddar cheese. You can
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use Monterey Jack cheese if you want to
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do that. Change up the flavor profile
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just a little bit. There we go.
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All right. So, remember this was 8 oz.
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And we're going to put half of that into
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our bowl.
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So, save the other half.
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And that should be enough right there.
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All right. We're going to add 8 oz of
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sour cream.
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Now, my recipe does call for one and a
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half cups,
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but I didn't realize that when I was
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getting sour cream, so I only got the
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eight ounces, but that'll be totally
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fine.
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There we go. And we're going to season
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this up.
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Going to give it a lot of flavor.
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We got some paprika because it's going
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to give it a nice pop of color, a little
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smokiness to it.
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Give it some flavor. Got some garlic
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powder. I'm going to put it right across
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the top and then come back. About half a
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teaspoon onion powder.
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About half a teaspoon. Cracked black
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pepper or just a/ quart teaspoon of
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regular black pepper that's ground. All
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right, let's kind of mix this all
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together
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and we'll see what we got.
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Nice creaminess.
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My dog Bailey is giving us some music
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down there
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drinking water. All right, let's give
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this a taste.
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I think I just did off my finger there.
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Mhm.
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That's good. It does need a little salt.
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So, crack in some salt.
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That's why I added it kind of last to
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the mixture.
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You need to determine how much of that
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you want to put in there.
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That's good. That's delicious.
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All right, we're going to get some
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tongs.
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All right.
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And we're going to add in the spaghetti.
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And then we're going to mix it all
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together with our tongs until it's well
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coated.
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There we go. That is a bowl full. Make
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sure you have the largest bowl that you
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can find.
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All right. Got my pumpkins out. It's
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fall time. Right.
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Now, I think since I'm going to be
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putting this in different containers,
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smaller containers, I'm going to get a
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knife.
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Yeah, I am. And I'm going to cut the
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spaghetti down.
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Be easier. Right
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now, this is optional. I think it might
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be easier to mix and put into the
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different containers. Okay, you guys.
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Doesn't that look good?
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I like the orange from the cheese, the
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green peppers, the red peppers. I can
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see the onions in there. Let's go ahead
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and start putting this into our
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containers.
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Got three 8 by8s or you can use the 9
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by11. That's totally fine.
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And what we're going to do is spray it
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with some non-stick cooking spray.
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And then we're going to evenly place our
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spaghetti mixture into each pan. One,
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two, and three. I'm going to even them
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out.
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My oven's ready. Pack it down.
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So, you can cut these in squares for
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your meal.
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So, no doubt that Joseph will feed Megan
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when she comes over and Rihanna will
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feed Chris
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and that will give them lots of meals
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right here.
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Don't forget the cheese on top.
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Joseph will be unhappy. So, we're going
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to take the remainder of that cheese,
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which is probably about 4 ounces of the
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shredded, and we're going to sprinkle it
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on top.
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Just like that. Remember,
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we already got the cheese on the inside.
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I've got my oven preheated at 350°.
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We're going to bake these for about 40
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45 minutes till they're heated through.
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That cheese is nice and melted on top.
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All right, here they are. I'm going to
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cool them down. We're going to cover
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them with foil, take them over to the
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kids. That way they can put them in
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their freezer. One will probably sit out
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and they'll just eat that one. I'm going
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to take a bite though. So, I'm going to
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be stealing some to give it a try for
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you. Thomas had one stain. It probably
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be this one right here.
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No, that one's going
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That one's going. Oh, we're going to get
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the one that's completely full. Look at
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that, you guys.
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Doesn't that look creamy and delicious?
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It's got that cheese on top.
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All right, I get that pepper right
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there. There's my bite.
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We're definitely keeping one. It's okay.
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I'll be making them something else soon
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enough. All right, you guys. That is
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creamy. I love that chicken. It's nice
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and tender in there. the flavors in
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there.
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That sour cream mellows it out, too.
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That's delicious. All right, you guys.
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Give me a thumbs up on this one. My
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baked chicken spaghetti freezer meal. Or
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you can just put it all in a 9 by13 and
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feed your whole family with it. All
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right, I'll see y'all on the next
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episode. Bye.
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