9-2-11 lunch from cafe and simple dinner home

     Today for lunch at the cafe, they served pasta with meat sauce, which is their version of baked ziti, all in all not bad, a little too sweet in the sauce, but not bad. They were offering a lemon Dijon chicken with snap peas, and that didn't sound amazing but I did get the snap peas as a side with my pasta. The snap peas were sauteed in what tasted like a butter, pepper sauce. First time I have had those as well, and they were slightly overdone with pepper, but very tasty, so I will have to look for them in the store too!

     For dinner, well we all have those broke days where you feel like you have no food. I assure you that is not the case, I just didn't have what I wanted at that moment. The cabinets are full, but the freezer is empty. So no meats, I will figure this out. Tonight I just decided quick and easy would work for me. Long day at work, but a 3 day weekend! Thank goodness!!! But I made a Ramen noodle for dinner. Now traditionally it is supposed to be that the seasoning goes into the boiling water with the pasta. Well I am just not the traditional girl, and not a fan of soup either. So I boil water, add the pasta but keep the seasoning on the side. After 7 minutes when the pasta is done (I like mine al dente) I drain the water and put the seasoning on the pasta itself. Of course you must mix it up very well, as the seasoning is a touch salty so you don't want a clump of it anywhere. It would be a seasoning overload in your mouth. When I drain the pasta I make sure to leave a smidgen of water in the pot to absorb some of the seasoning and make it easier to mix it up. And I mean a smidgen! But it makes the pasta very flavorful and lets face it a quick cheap dinner!! :)