11.17.2008

Currently eating

I'm here again to share with you kids yummy tidbits.

One package of whole wheat tortelli (or whatever pasta you'd like that serves two people)
3 tablespoons butter
8 sage leaves
1/2 lemon, juiced
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
1 garlic clove, halved

While your pasta cooks, melt butter in a sautee pan and continue cooking until it turns light golden brown. Add garlic, sage leaves, and nutmeg and remove from heat after thirty seconds. Add lemon juice and set aside. Remove the garlic cloves, and use to rub onto freshly toasted bread to serve with the dish. Drain the pasta, but leaving some cooking water, and gently pour into sautee pan and return to heat. Add the cheese, toss to coat and serve immediately.

Post-dinner thoughts: needs more nutmeg. And maybe peppercorns? Mike gave a mouth-full thumbs-up, however. It was a good meal.

Love,
Amanda

11.09.2008

One kleenex down, ten thousand more to go.

I'm getting back in touch with the feeling of bitterness towards my immune system.
I finally got some meds tonight, and after we got back Mike kept me company by making me some Yogi detox tea and watching an episode of Daria with me. I ran into it looking for Dexter on a free TV online site, and realized what a great show it was. Does anyone remember that show anyhow? I wish I could take back my Halloween costume as Nancy Spungen and go as Daria. I've even got the nasal-y, apathetic voice to go along with it, thanks to my cold.


Currently listening to: "That teenage feeling" by Neko Case

Love,
Amanda

Bring me oranges and bananas.

11.05.2008

I just burnt food on the stove, for the first time in months.

People hire me to cook food for them. I never burn food. Maybe it was how tired I was, but I wanted was a scrumptious SB[smart bacon]LT, and I got a little distracted talking to an old friend online until I got dragged back to reality by a smoky smell coming out of my kitchen. I immediately shut everything off, and opened my door as a cloud of smoke billowed out. All my neighbors probably think I smoke copious amounts of weird-smelling exotic marijuana, now- and they would've never known before.

NEVER AGAIN!
(...will I burn my smart bacon, not stop eating it, it's delish.)

Currently listening to: "Plato's fucked up cave", by Marnie Stern

Love,
Amanda

P.S. My favorite facebook status i've seen about our new president-elect was Kate's, which went "Barack me Obamadeus". Awesome.