I just have to write this because I’m so proud of myself right now haha

When Jette came over for the weekend, she cooked up a storm and presented a gourmet feast of cream dory in red wine sauce, buttered baby potatoes and a pasta dish (penne with shrimps). Sabi nga ni Coco Martin: “yami!” (*hindi masarap na eskabeche at minatikilyahang pasta… ano kaya ‘yon?* – J)

We did have left over pasta so I poked my head into the pantry to see if we still had spaghetti sauce or something because I didn’t want all that leftover penne to go to waste. What was in there was a can of corned beef, a couple of cans of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup, a can of Nestle Cream and several cans of Carnation Evap. I did a quick search on the Internet for a carbonara recipe, and while I don’t have a can of mushrooms or bacon, I figured what the heck. Tira-tira lang naman eh.

Bumenta siya kay Des who already ate two servings of rice and pork steak bago pa niya nalamang nagluluto ako ng pasta sauce. I figured I can’t mess it up anyway kasi, individually, masarap lahat ng hinalo ko sa kanya.

I wish I had bacon bits though pero here’s what I mixed up for the sauce.

1 big can of Nestle All-Purpose Cream
1 can of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroon Soup
1 small can of Carnation Evap
1 small can of Swift Corned Beef
1/2 clove of garlic
olive oil
salt

I just cooked the corned beef the way I always cook corned beef. Sautee the garlic in olive oil then add the corned beef in. ‘Yon lang. Then I put everything else in, milk, soup and cream. I added all the cream since we didn’t have anything else to put it on. Masisira lang siya kasi makakalimutan naming nasa ref pala siya. Anyway, stir, stir, stir, stir, check if it’s simmering, stir, stir, stir. Taste. Add a little salt and pepper for flavor. Then I dumped the pasta in.

And no, the way I wrote the above paragraph is not for lack of words to describe what I did but the lack of cooking knowledge. I don’t cook so how I wrote it is exactly how I cooked it :p

It’s not gourmet but it tastes like carbonara, and I didn’t poison my brother so yay for me!

In other news:

* Sira na talaga ‘yong DVD drive ni Ced. I’m hoping my baby lives until I can save up enough money to get myself a new laptop. Hay. Saka na ang bagong iPod Touch.

* My new schedule includes cleaning my bathroom. Parang SIMS Social na ang buhay ko.

* I also have to get a new pair of contact lenses and maybe a new pair of glasses. Mahabang proseso. Have to go to my eye doctor sa STI Mega Clinic, then to my other doctor sa J. Vinas sa Shangri-La mall for the actual contacts and glasses. I’m thinking sa Quiapo na lang ako bibili ng contacts para mas mura.

* I’m this close to getting my BPI Mastercard account current. Yay! Never will I skip payments again. It’s so not funny.