Paleo Spaghetti Squash Hawaiian Pizza Pie

It’s official. I’m re-entering the world of crossfit. Three months after moving to the city and adjusting to actually having real world expenses, I have committed to spending all of my shopping money on a 4-month membership at Bucktown Crossfit. Now, I’m not one of those fitness junkies that thinks, “You can’t put a price on good health.” You can, in fact, put a price on it. And I’ll probably be complaining about that price for the next 4 months.

Okay, enough about how cheap I am.

I actually do love crossfit and have not found any other workout regimen that produces such great results. Saturday was my first class at Bucktown, and while it was a miracle that I dragged my butt out of bed at 8, the fact that I completed (eerrr, half completed) a workout called the “Filthy 50” on a weekend without puking all over my trainer was a personal accomplishment I made sure to brag about for the remainder of the day. To give you an idea of the “suck” I endured, here’s the workout: With a partner, complete 50 each of these moves for time: Box jump, Jumping pull-ups, Kettlebell swings, Walking Lunge, Knees to elbows, Push press, Back extensions, Wall ball shots, Burpees, Double unders. Whew. “Difficult” is an understatement. “I wanted to die” is more accurate.

So of course with more working out comes a bigger appetite for delicious noms like this Paleo Spaghetti Squash Hawaiian Pizza Pie. I LOVE spaghetti squash recipes because the squash is so similar to pasta that you don’t even miss the carbs. I always nuke the squash in the microwave rather than the oven to cut down on time. Then, either top it with meat sauce, toss it with pesto, or bake it into this amazing Paleo pizza pie.

This is a variation of one of my favorite easy Paleo dinner recipes. The basic pizza pie recipe from PaleOMG is perfect to make at the beginning of the week and pack for lunches. Since I love myself a Hawaiian pizza with pineapple and ham, I decided to make this Hawaiian version. It had all the same amazing flavor of a Hawaiian pizza, but without the grains and cheese! How neat is that?!

If you love the sweetness of a Hawaiian pizza mixed with tangy pizza sauce, you’ll love this, I promise. The squash makes you feel like you’re eating a carb-loaded meal and the ham makes it super filling and satisfying.

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