Cooking and I have a love/hate relationship.
Sometimes I love it.
(This generally only lasts for a few weeks at a time.)
I’ll rummage through all of my cook books and magazines for new and exciting recipes and attempt to regale Craig with my culinary talents.
Sometimes I hate it.
(This is generally most of the time.)
I’ll go for weeks without eating any “real” food. The past few weeks has been one of those times. I’ve pretty much eaten cereal or something random + toast. Sometimes toast + a couple cheese slices or toast + yogurt or PB&J on toast. I get pretty creative obviously. I don’t know what it is. Sometimes food just doesn’t excite me….or at least cooking it myself doesn’t excite me.
BUT….
I finally cooked tonight!
I think Craig thought it was a miracle or something. Until he realized it was vegetarian. My man is definitely a carnivore through and through. But despite the fact that there was no meat, he actually liked this dish (despite his subtle comment about how it would be great with chicken). I thought it was delicious! I highly recommend this….and it’s from Cooking Light, so you can feel kind of virtuous about it :).
- YIELD: 4 servings (serving size: 1 cup pasta mixture and 1 teaspoon basil)
- COURSE: Main Dishes
Ingredients
- 8 ounces uncooked linguine
- 1 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) shaved fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, divided
- 1 1/2 tablespoons mascarpone cheese
Preparation
- 1. Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain; keep warm.
- 2. While pasta cooks, combine milk, 2 teaspoons basil, salt, and pepper in a bowl; stir milk mixture with a whisk.
- 3. Heat a small saucepan over medium heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add flour to pan, and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add milk mixture; cook for 3 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heat, and add 1 1/2 ounces Parmigiano-Reggiano and mascarpone cheese to milk mixture. Add cheese mixture to pasta; toss to combine. Sprinkle with remaining 4 teaspoons basil and remaining 1/2 ounce Parmigiano-Reggiano.
David Bonom, Cooking Light
JULY 2011
Now that I’m back on the cooking bandwagon, do you guys have any recipe suggestions for me?
Hope you have a great day!
xo
Lauren
I’m with you! I would love to love cooking! might be because I’m not that good at it :S
Great pasta recipe, might try it!
That looks delicious I may have to give it a try! I generally let the Mr cook our meals; I tend to bake, although sometimes I do like to give cooking a try. Pasta is usually my fave dishes to do tbh.
I do have 2 baking recipes I’ve done lately if you’d like to give them a try? You can find them over at my blog here.
Have a lovely day!
xo Amy
This Looks amazing! I will have to try it out!
This Looks amazing! I will have to try it out!
I hear you on this. I cook for a spell and then I don’t. I love Super Natural cooking. One of my favorite recipes is the oatmeal bake. It’s super simple. I am also a fan of sweet potato enchiladas. Super easy and delicious. I think I got that one online somewhere.
Thanks for sharing! I’ve been thinking about cutting out meat altogether so I’m excited to try this yummy looking veg recipe!
Yummy! That looks great, friend! As far as recipe ideas go, I’ve been more on the vegetarian track lately so I don’t have anything that would suit both you AND Craig. But you can’t go wrong with feta-stuffed chicken or steak kabobs on the grill!
I am terrible at cooking so we have a hate hate relationship lol.
i totally get you on this. i was sick last week and this week, i have no inspiration to cook.
-robots in trouble
That looks so delicious! I am SO going to have to try it 🙂
I too have a love hate relationship with cooking. I’m glad to have the home cooked meal, but sometimes it’s so hard to get motivated to cook.
I’m totally with you on this. Some weeks I cook all the time and others I’d rather do anything but cook. The recipe looks great! Thanks for sharing!
I used to LOOOOOVE to cook, but that was before owing my own business and before having a child. Now I’m lucky my husband has taken it all over! Sigh.
I love cooking and am constantly coming up with new stuff and trying new things.
I have LOTS of recipes and menus on my blog via this link:
http://acollectionofpassions.blogspot.com/search/label/All%20Things%20Culinary
ENJOY!
Kacie
http://www.acollectionofpassions.blogspot.com/
Fabulous recipe! Gotta love an easy yummy pasta dish!
We’ve been grilling a bit here in Portland (pretending that Summer is here to stay…) flank steak has been our go to. Here’s one of my recipes. Feel free to check it out.
http://portlandpalates.blogspot.com/2011/05/flank-steak-tacos-inspired-by-claudia.html
I’m the same way, I go through phases, ha! 🙂
I think I’ll make this tonight!
Right now I hate cooking. A week at an all-inclusive resort can do that to you. Plus, now that it’s summer, I don’t feel like eating a lot.
I am lucky though that my mom is visiting so she has been cooking for us for the past two weeks. When she leaves, I am going to have to put on my apron and thinking cap and figure out what we can eat for the summer months.
Ha! I loathe cooking. I do it because my family’s gotta eat – period. And although I love food, most days I wish I could just take a pill to fill me up and give me nutrients. Having said that, this dish looks delish. Perhaps I’lll give it a go. thanks for inspiring. xo
I can so relate to the love/hate! I love the idea of it. I love scouring recipe books, and I love all the pretty pictures of food in them… but mostly, cooking is just a chore!
However… I have been getting creative with it lately, and I’m hoping this mojo doesn’t wear off any time soon!
PS – I just found your blog, it’s cute, you’re cute, and I like it! I might just follow along for the ride 🙂
I get this familiar love/hate thing for cooking. The fact that I have to feed my husband is the only thing that makes me want to get up and cook.
Sometimes I just want two minutes recipes but hubby doesn’t like what I like. 🙁
Anyways I like making exotic Indian food though.
http://www.soniakundrasingh.blogspot.com