Yummilicious Delicious

Dish made of pasta, mixed with cream of  mushroom and chicken... often served with ham, cheese, eggs, or bacon... Yes, Carbonara it is! I chose this as my favorite food because it is yummy, delicious and nutritious.

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Greenwich... Is it love at first taste? I can still remember those first bites... that fascinating taste...

An aroma tickled my nostrils. It was a Sunday night when my family and I decided to drop by Greenwich. I was staring at the menu when the word, "carbonara" caught my eyes. I usually ignore that dish before but I wanted to try a new food instead of eating chicken meals as always. The order was there... in front me... as I ate my first bite... a savouring feeling, i felt! Wooaahhh... It tastes great! Very first dish that fascinated me at once! Oh, yes! It was love at first taste!  Nutritious, yummilicious, delicious!
 

Asking me why it is nutritious?

Pasta is the main ingredient of this dish is rich in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are generally considered as substances made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Carbohydrates supply the largest part of the energy needed by the living cell. The pasta is made up of starch. When starch is digested, it is converted into glucose and using different enzymes, it is converted into ATP: the source of our energy.

Ham, bacon, egg, and cheese... proteins in nature. Proteins are organic compounds made up of amino acids. Proteins supply the body not only with heat and energy, but also provide materials for building and repair. Protein molecule is known to contain the elements, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus together with traces of iron, copper, iodine, manganese and zinc. Protein forms the primary constituent not only of the cell but also of such regulatory agents as hormones and enzymes. It also helps to distribute body fluids and forms antibodies which combat diseases. Hydrolysis of proteins yields amino acids and could be also be a source of ATPs.

Carbonara, being nutritious can be classified as a complete food. because it is composed of go, grow, and glow foods.

Recipe:

500 grams spaghetti
6 quarts salted boiling water
1 tablespoons vegetable oil

1. Add spaghetti noodles to salted boiling water, bring water back to a boil.
2. Cook spaghetti until Al Dent (barely tender) about 6-8 minutes (Tasting is the only way to test doneness. Never overcook pasta)
3. Add oil during the last 2 minutes. To keep spaghetti from sticking together wen it is drained.
4. Drain but leave hot, ready to use.

Sauce

6-8 slices lean bacon, cut into large pieces
1 tablespoon olive oil
2- 3 small pieces garlic, minced (I prefer more garlic)
4 egg whites
2-3 tablespoons Coarsely grated Parmesan cheese
Freshly grated black pepper to taste.

1. Cook bacon in olive oil crisp in moderate heat. If bacon is excessively fatty, pour off some of the bacon fat.

2.Add garlic during the last minute of cooking.

3. Working quickly, blend hot bacon-garlic sauce into hot spaghetti noodles in heated serving bowl.

4. Work in eggs quickly with grated cheese, tossing spaghetti.

5. Add pepper to taste.

6. Eggs will harden from the heat of the fat and spaghetti.

7. Serve at once. Delicious with Tossed green Salad and your favorite wine.

Read more: http://pinoyfoodblog.com/recipes/spaghetti-carbonara/#ixzz3HqxsczBW

Yummilicious Delicious by Lady Shaira 'Shai' Abuan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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