dinner for one

Tada, Pasta Carbonara

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Just like the title says, Tada random recipe out of nowhere!

It is not literally true, but there haven’t been much on this blog recently. You could say that I am inactive, not realy proactively in creating new content. The thing is: There are just lots of things in my personal life that prevents me from creating new contents, but also very important in life. It has consequence on my lifestyle. And I like to get rid off some of it, but it might take some time.

In the mean time I’ll post when I have the time to do so.

Pasta Carbonara
Ingredients

150 grams of Pasta (macaroni)
100 grams of Pork belly meat or bacon
20 grams of Parsley
30 grams of Butter
125ml of Cream
30 grams of Grated Cheese
1 egg
Some Salt & PepperSome Oil

Get a pan and turn on the stove. Put enough water into the pan for the amount of pasta you are cooking. When the water in the pan starts to boil add pinch of salt, some oil and the pasta. Let the pasta cook and stir once in a while.

Next chop up the bacon into bits and parsley as well. Set the parsley aside for later on. Now start heat up a frying pan and bake the bacon in their own fat. It takes a while before the fatty bacon can be baked in it’s own fat, be patient. When it happens fry the bacon until it is crunchy on the outside. Take the bacon of the heat, pour out the oily fat and set the bacon aside.

Take a look at the pasta, when they are soft enough pour it out into a colander and catch a half cup of the pasta liquid for the next part.

The preparations are done and the next part is to create your pasta.

Take a frying pan, heat it up and melt the butter in the pan. Put it on low heat when starting to add the bacon into the pan, followed up by adding the egg, the cream, the pasta liquid and the pasta. Stir everything well and taste the flavour add Salt & Pepper, if it is too bland. When the sauce starts to bubble, add the chopped parsley and the grated cheese. Stir the pan a few times and remove it from the heat when it becomes one. Plate the Pasta and it’s ready.

Buon Appetito! 

It is easy to make, however some steps have to be done to make it great.

I hope you like it, have fun trying and Keep Experimenting!

Diner for one from bits of leftovers!

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Everybody should know that it is rather hard to cook for one. Most of the time you have more ingredients to cook with or you make too much for one. That’s why at times you make a lot and have to eat it two days in a row. At other times you still have some leftover products, these leftovers can be used with creativity to create tasty and waste-less food. It is a way of trying new things out. Experimenting on new dishes that can be improved at a second attempt.

As for this recipe an easy-peasy ‘Filled bell pepper and potatoes for one.’

Ingrediënts:
1 red bell pepper
1 small onion
150grams of minced meat
4 small/medium sized potatoes
pepper and salt for seasoning

Wash the potatoes first, peel it with a knife or peeler and cut them afterwards into small cubes. Peel the onion and cut it into rings or half rings. (whatever the way you like it.) Rinse the bell pepper and roast it on an open flame. (the gas pit can be used as a source) Roast the bell pepper until it is firm and soft. Often the skin of the pepper will turn char black and hot to pick up. Then cut the top off and remove the seeds and other unedible parts of the pepper.

Heat up two frying-pans, one for the meat and one for the potatoes. In both pans add a tiny bit of oil. The first pan add the onion first to glaze them well and afterwards add the minced meat. Season the meat with some pepper and salt to your tasting and let it heat up in the pan while occasionally stirring. When done fill the sliced open Bell pepper with meat. In the second pan just fry the potatoes until they are golden brown and well done. (If you want it to be less fried just cover the pan with a lid and it will steam-fry/boil the potatoes. When everything is done plate it and serve.

I hope you like it. Like, share and keep Experimenting!