It was a cool, lazy morning and my son has a sudden craving for spaghetti. This is not my usual practice to cook on weekdays but since I didn't go to the office today, I was more than happy to oblige.
My family simply loves this Italian dish. It also happens to be one of my favourite dishes I enjoy cooking. It's fast, easy and a good standby especially when it comes to my 'lazy to cook' weekend. It's like merely putting ready made ingredients together and not really cooking.
I prefer to eat and cook at home when I can. In a way, I can adapt recipes to have less 'sinful' extras. Outside food tends to contain more sugar, salt and oily but if you make the effort to cook at home, you can control the contents.
Perhaps, any experienced cooks who expect something more adventurous or exotic may find this dish too basic. I don't have excellent kitchen skills but I 'm sure there's always room for improvement. he he
Here is my version of cooking spaghetti bolognese (serves 2-3)
Ingredients:
basil leaves, mixed herbs, my favorite pasta sauce, black pepper sauce3 button mushrooms
About 100g of mince meat/chicken/beef
1 small onion (diced)
3 small cloves of garlic
Spaghetti- cooked according to instructions on the packet. Coat with a little bit of olive oil.
handful of herbs- basil, thyme, rosemary, oregano, whatever goes
chicken stock or water
Parmesan cheese- to sprinkle on top
2 tablespoons of black pepper sauce
5 tablespoons of Pasta sauce
salt and sugar to taste
Methods (cooking the sauce):
heat the cooking oil in a pan, saute garlic and onions until light brown.
add in the mince meat- stir fry for 5 minutes
add the mushrooms - cook for 1-2 minutes
add in the pasta sauce and black pepper sauce
pour a little bit of chicken soup or water
cook for another 3 minutes, medium heat fire
salt and sugar to taste
cooking the pasta:
boil water add 2 tbs of salt and 2 tbs of oil
put in the pasta
cook for 5 minutes in medium heat fire
drain the pasta under cool water
mix cooking oil to avoid sticking up
serving suggestion: sprinkle with loads of parmesan cheese. garnish with handful of herbs.
Serve over hot spaghetti.
your spaghetti looks good! but somehow i don't eat spaghetti :-D
ReplyDeletemonica,
ReplyDeletei guess nothing beats the pizza in langkawi, right?
Oh, I love spaghetti! But it must be cooked al dente. Definitely save a lot of money if cook at home. Outside, very pricey for one plate of spaghetti. I wonder why so pricey - the ingredients are not that expensive!
ReplyDeleteyum! this looks great! makes me hungry just looking at it! :)
ReplyDeleteHey that's almost like how I cook my spagetti. My fav spagetti sauce is the Traditional one, also from Prego :) I dont' add mushrooms in mine coz I'm not a big fan of mushrooms hehehe...
ReplyDeletefoongpc,
ReplyDeleteyeah, pricey is one thing and at some places, they do not offer generous portions of spaghetti too. The environment, air-cond costs are another additional costs to it. sigh! i'd rather cook at home, save a lot of money.
ane fallarme,
ReplyDeletewelcome to my blog.
pasta is great for a well balance diet as overall it's low in calories, low in fat and cholestrol.
perky,
ReplyDeletewelcome to my blog.
i guess it's a bonus point if you can cook at home, right?
I love spaghetti!
ReplyDeleteWe often have this for lunch. I find it easy to prepare. I put mushroom in mine though as I love mushroom.
Thanks for sharing! happy weekend :]
twinks,
ReplyDeleteit seems like my kids can never get enough of this dish. haha
have a great weekend!