Cooking with Emily and Alexia
One major thing that has changed in my life since I became pregnant is the fact that I cook now. Like, actual meals. This has been inspired by the two main themes of my pregnancy: boredom and lack of alcohol. I fill these voids with food, and my cravings are getting more and more specific as time goes on. I discovered that making my own food is the easiest way to satisfy Holland and her demands. Luckily, I live next door to a Safeway, so I can walk over there pretty much anytime to get what I need. The things I eat most often are ben & jerry’s, vegetables with ranch dip, bacon, broiled salmon and spaghetti and meatballs. However, last weekend I got a craving for asparagus and gorgonzola (??? yeah, I know), so Emily and I went to safeway and picked up some ingredients to make pasta. We were so impressed with the gourmet dish we managed to cook up, we decided to make something new every weekend and document it. Here is installment number one:
Meal: Penne with gorgonzola sauce, asparagus and mushrooms, served with garlic bread. And candles.
For the sauce I melted cream, gorgonzola, parmesan, pepper and butter over low heat until it was melted. We baked the asparagus, sauteed the mushrooms, boiled the pasta and stirred it all together.
For the bread we couldn’t decide between olive oil and butter, so we decided to do a taste test. Half of the bread had olive oil and half had butter, all with chopped garlic and parmesan on top. In case you were wondering, butter won.
For somr reason that dish makes you look more pregnant.
Oh man, that looks delicious. *drool*
How did you make those candles? They look delicious! :)