Saturday, March 16, 2013

It's easy to think about what to have for breakfast in the choice of waffles and pancakes with fresh fruits and maple syrup plus melting butter on top. Or have fried rice with dried smoked salmon, eggs, ham and bacon. Or rather have piece of bread with butter and then cup of coffee. I always have cup of coffee but lately I am into having hot cup of tea. However to think about what to have for lunch is a struggle. I can have the simplest meal for lunch but what about for the whole family to enjoy that's really makes me problematic when someone would not eat because he doesn't like the food on the table then husband would say a sermon of sort about some people from other countries who cannot say no to the food servings  on the table because they don't really have no food to eat. No choice. They cannot argue or make choices because there is absence of edible food and there is no food for the rest of their lives. They only received food from other neighbouring countries to send them as food relief. That even water is very scarce that you can see these people on TV fetching water from a dirty canal to get water for drinking? Well, those stories are so old. Probably fifty years ago and those children whom the United Nations helped survived were already the medical doctors and lawyers of today's generation. Or probably those hungry kids were the basketball players, soccer players and rich movie stars of today.

It is when there is that scarcity that makes a country and its people learned how to survive and valued education and religion better than anybody else. So, don't blame why some philantrophists would rather help those group of people.

Okay, that is not a good remark or I'm such a critic here but you should think and read news and you'll know that what I'm saying is true.

Now let's have lunch of pasta. Not that I have to give you a sermon but you have to thank God in every good opportunity that comes your way.

 Our family likes the Catelli brand of pasta. The Vermicelli which is thin like hair is great for hot spicy Italian spaghettini with slices of hot spicy sausages cooked with drop of  wine. From the Garofalo brand: I have chosen the Farfalle instead of Fusilli for it's time to have something different on the plate and pallate. Fusilli is more often used in salad with the finest slices of olives, and 3 kinds of cheese. The Radiatori haven't try that type of pasta. It looks like a spiral shape of a _______! Nevermind! Thank goodness it's bigger not micro in sizes.

This is what I concocted for lunch. Instead of marinara sauce which is not available in my fridge. There is alfredo sauce but my kids don't like that sauce so have the option for prego sauce. Prego sauce has instant sauce made of all the ingredients that I need for my pasta. I sauteed cloves of garlic, onions in slices in the right amount to make the meal as flavourful as it should be. Dash of salt and pepper ready. Ground beef and cup of deshelved shrimps are added to the sauce,then poured on the noodles enough to make the pasta the tastiest delicious Farfalle ever! Bon appetit!!