Pasta Madness

Let me just throw it out there right away and put a disclaimer for everyone...

I HAVE NO KITCHEN SKILLS!!!

LOL!

But when I do feel like cooking, pasta is my go to dishes. I thought how hard is it to throw in some

noodles to boiling water til it softens and throw in some "made up" sauce and done! Haha!

So lately I've been craving tons of pasta. And since I've been actively picking up produce weekly, I know what's in our refrigerator on top of my head that I can throw into my "made up pasta".

Here, I threw in some Fettuccine noodles and grilled chicken.

I sauteed chopped garlic, tomatoes and red bell pepper in an olive oil.

Mixed it in with tons of parmesan cheese, parsley & basil flakes, salt and pepper.

And last night I made some Fettucinne Alfredo and Italian Chicken Sausage,

tons of Parmesan Cheese and to add some kick of spice, I added some

Pepper Flakes.

When I told my brother that I'm gonna make myself some pasta, he asked for me to add some more for the household which I was not confident about. My tastebuds are way different from my parents and brother and I was afraid that they wouldn't like it because it was too salty. But let's be honest here, I was just too damn scared that they won't like it or make fun of what I come up with . To my surprise, my brother really liked it who I think is my huge food critic at home since he is really good with cooking from learning just couple of years ago. I got the approval from my as well and she even said that I'm the Pasta specialist of the house. LOL!!! I was hesitant to ask my dad how it tasted coz of 2 things, he will not like it and make fun of it and I'll be pissed off coz he knows how not to appreciate and not scared to say it. But BAM! He said it was "OK" (trust me OK is better than nothing or insult when it comes to my dad, so I'll take it!). He then asked why? I said "I made it!". And then he said "I thought it was picked up or delivered".

WHAAAAT?!? Well, I'll take that as a compliment. LOL!!!

Well there goes my pasta adventure from the past week. I'm gonna look for actual recipes next time and actually follow it instead of me experementing. Of course I'd still throw in a lil but of my cooking style here and there but I just want to see if I have a future with these pasta thing. LOL!

CIAO!

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Who said I can't cook?

Ok... Ok... I can't really cook - cook. But I try. I've always had my mom watch over my shoulder whenever I try cooking because I tend to put too much spices on it or a lil bit too much of this and that.

My parents was out of town this weekend and my brother ate out so I was left with no choice but to make my own food. I was tired of fried food which is normally my go to meal when I'm making my own food and started craving for this Penne Pasta with Zucchini that our cafeteria at work makes once in awhile. I've had the ingredients since Christmas when I asked my mom to get it for me and thought of making it since I started craving for it.

Let me tell you, it wasn't bad at all. I mean, I didn't know that the Zucchini cooks pretty fast so it was soft when I ate it, the 2 types of cheese I chose which was a goat cheese and Parmesan was a good choice I think and the walnuts was just perfect with it.

One of my New Years resolution is to learn how to cook more and actually cook more this year and hopefully I'm in a good start. I actually made it again the next night and had my brother try it. And what did I tell you, over spicing is my specialty. When I asked his opinion/critic he immediately said, "there's too much peppers!" HaHa!

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