I get asked quite often why I like to cook. The first reason I give is normally because I like to eat. I am Thai and food is a big factor in our culture. We greet each other with hello followed by 'have you eaten? When guests turn up at your house it's safe to assume that they will expect to be fed.

The second reason is that as I grew up in the Northeastern part of Thailand, the poorest region, food was always hard to come by. We weren't hungry as there was always rice, but it was difficult finding something to go with rice. Now I do have ingredients to go with rice, I want to cook!

Monday 25 January 2016

Bacon and Vegetable Pasta.



Bacon and Vegetable Pasta.

A quick lunch or dinner. 

Serves 4.

In a frying pan, put in,
-1 clove, chopped, garlic, with
-1 sliced onion.
Cook, stirring, until the vegetables have softened, add
-4 rashes of chopped bacon,
-200g sliced courgettes (zucchini),
-10 cherry tomatoes, halved,
-salt/pepper,
-paprika.
Cook, stirring until the courgettes are almost cooked through, add
-500g cooked pasta, with
-3/4 cup reserved cooking water, 
-100g olives,
-1tbsp chopped parsley.
Cook, stirring, for a couple of minutes.

Serve.

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