Maccheroni with Snow Peas & Carrots

You know what it's like when you have food cravings sometimes? Do you notice any particular food you crave for... No I'm NOT pregnant.

There's only very favourite food that I crave for (depending on my mood I guess): pasta, laksa, or tom yum. Guess what these 3 have in common? Sourness. I like red sauced pasta... bolognase, arrabiata, pomodoro... marinara... I don't really prefer creamy ones but I do enjoy them once in a while. I know my fiance loves carbonara.. :-)

Yesterday, I was craving for assam laksa. So F dropped by Gurney (eventhough there was no parking) and I bought a BIG pack of assam laksa - with fish balls.... YUM! It's been a while since I had laksa... so it was soo delicious, and now I'm hungry for it again...

Let's talk about my pasta.

Pasta has got to be my best friend. I can cook it in so many ways, with various ingredients. They're available in so many shapes and sizes (and colour!) and, I just love the flexibility of ingredients used in cooking pasta.

I was a bit busy and... too bad I did not got a chance to take a photo of my pasta today :-( But anyway...

I used whatever I had at home to prepare a quick lunch for my mum, F and my little niece. Since time was short and there was only 3 of us adults, I made pasta. I used ready made pasta sauce as well. They're not too bad and I love to add fresh ingredients in always.

1/2 box Barilla maccheroni (or as you wish) - cook for 7 minutes per instruction
1 jar of Prego's traditional pasta sauce
200gm minced beef meat (or as you wish)
1 large green onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
1/3 large carrot, cut to small squares
1/2 a pack of fresh snow peas, cut to an inch long
olive oil for cooking
1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
sprinkle of McCormick's Italian herbs
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
grated parmesan cheese, to taste
shredded mozzarella for garnish and extra cheezy flavour (yumm!)

This is so easy and yet so tasty. I can et a lot of pasta and not get bored! Ever!