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    Home » Articles » Cooking - Recipes

    Kinda Carbonara with what's in the fridge

    by Eric · This post may contain affiliate links, its one way we pay the bills. · 2 Comments

    Tonite we drove to NYC for work tomorrow. Most nights like this, I go buy a burrito from the local tacqueria. The burritos are great, and healthy, as I opt for yogurt in place of sour cream in my black bean burrito.

    But tonight, after getting a parking spot, I thought, why not see what I have in the fridge and cook something quick?

    The basic ingredients on a Sunday night

    The basic ingredients on a Sunday night

    A quick scan yields frozen peas, eggs, some Pecorino Romano cheese, and pasta. There was some yogurt too, but not much else in the fridge. So I think this is kinda Carbonara.

    scramble the egg add the cheese

    scramble the egg add the cheese

    I cooked the penne pasta, mixed the egg with the grated cheese, drained the cooked pasta, saved some of the cooking water, put the pasta back in the pot, added the cheese-egg mixture, stirred it, added a bit of the pasta water, and some salt. I warmed up the frozen peas in the microwave and dropped them into the mix.

    Add the egg-cheese to the warm pasta

    Add the egg-cheese to the warm pasta

    Not bad. I added too much of the pasta water, and it could have used more cheese, but not bad for a Sunday night.

    The finished dish, the peas added.

    The finished dish, the peas added.

    Charlie Pup and Henry were very interested in what i was eating. It was good.

    What have you put together lately?

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    1. Tim

      February 25, 2010 at 9:54 am

      I made chicken stir fry last night. I have seen it done and it didn't look hard. I had rice, peas and carrots, left over fajita chicken.

      A bit of oil and heat, throw in some soy sauce. It was quite good!

    2. Monica

      February 25, 2010 at 3:05 pm

      Jim is demanding, not requesting, that I make him Carbonara on Saturday night. We may have created a monster!

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