Tag: za’atar

Israeli Couscous Bowls with Za’atar Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Crispy Chickpeas, and Maple-Tahini Drizzle

israeli couscous bowls with za'atar roasted sweet potatoes, crispy chickpeas, and maple-tahini drizzle // my bacon-wrapped life

This right here is my ideal single-gal-for-the-night meal.

Every woman in the world who lives with their man knows what I’m talking about. It’s what we eat when our boyfriends/fiancés/husbands are traveling for business or having a guy’s night. It’s pure, selfish “me” food, and as much as we love our men, it’s always something we secretly look forward to making and eating when we get the rare single-gal-night opportunity. For me, my top single-gal meals include a lot of things that Brad will gladly eat, but doesn’t really consider a real, filling (read: meat-filled) meal: avocado toast, veggie and egg scrambles, grain bowls, anything with tons of butternut squash and/or sweet potato, and anything with the word “drizzle”. I manage to check of 3 of these boxes in this meal, so I consider this basically the ULTIMATE Meg-meal. I went all out, ladies.

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Roasted Butternut Squash with Tahini, Toasted Pine Nuts, and Za’atar

Roasted Butternut Squash with Tahini, Toasted Pine Nuts, and Za'atar | www.mybaconwrappedlife.com

This, my friends, is the light and veggie-licious and insanely delicious recipe I denied you last week. The kind of recipe that makes you forget that you’re eating vitamins and nutrients and all that good stuff because you’re so distracted by all the incredible flavors and colors and textures and amazingness.

It’s basically the Best Thing Ever and I can’t stop eating it.

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