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When I Make Pasta

Here is my Breks.  Not like you haven’t seen this eighty zillion times. 

Even I’m bored of it. 

In fact.  Don’t even bother reading this part. 

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  • Erin’s boring yet delicious-so-much-she-doesn’t-want-to-eat-anything-different eggwhites and cheese with hot sauce on a ww mini bagel

YESTERDAY segue.

I got home from work and kissed hubby and wrestled with my Hillybean.

Sunday I musta tweaked my hip flexor b/c I’m old, apparently.  And the elliptical at my new gym totally moves differently than the one I’m used to from my NJ gym, working different muscles or something.  My hip flexor is about as happy as Tiger Wood’s wife right now. 

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(pic courtesy of PerezHilton, my favorite trash gossip website)

So I just walked a mile and then did arm weights.  Srsly.  I can feel my fat groWING!

But I don’t let a little fat stop me from enjoying a dinner based around butter!  Welcome to my new house, delicious Linguine with Clam Sauce!

Wanna know something?  When I make pasta, I have an urge to cook while sipping a glass of wine.  I’m like a Pavlov dog.  I hear the dried linguine shifting in its brown paper box, and I go straight for the vino. 

I think this is weird.  Yet fun.  ;)

Din last night…a little peek at prep and the final plate…

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Hello Ugg boot!

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  • whole wheat linguine topped with clam sauce
  • clam sauce = butter, white wine, a mountain of parsley, mushrooms, garlic, salt, pepper
  • we also had salad on the side, but it wasn’t feelin the camera
  • and of course, the glass of red, a Cabernet Sauvignon by one of my favorite affordable Aussie brands…Yellowtail!

<——-totally not a wine snob

I will drink mostly any kind.

Except the berry wine my father-in-law’s neighbor makes (blech).

After Din clean-up, I did a little veggie roasting to help make tonight’s dinner snappier to make.

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  • cauliflower
  • acorn squash
  • carrots
  • all tossed in EVOO and garlic and assorted other herbs

On deck for tonight’s dinner…homemade Thai curry with roasted veggies.  And by homemade, I mean the Thai curry sauce that TJs sells in jars.  It’s in my home.  I will empty it into a pan and cook with it.  Therefore, this, in Erin’s head, = homemade.

No??

Oh, p.s., thx for all your suggestions about yoga gear yesterday!!!

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11 Responses to “When I Make Pasta”

  1. December 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    brandi says:

    I like your breakfasts! It always makes me want a bagel :)

    Can you believe I’ve never had pasta + clam sauce? I should change that.

  2. December 2nd, 2009 at 6:30 PM

    Mama Pea says:

    I’m not pleased about adultery at all, but it’s a strange feeling to know that even a blonde Swedish supermodel can’t keep a guy from being a dog. I think that’s a good excuse to totally let myself go.

  3. December 2nd, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    Lee says:

    I eat an egg on an english muffin with a slice of cheese nearly every morning. When I don’t have it, like today, I miss it.

    Wine makes cooking more fun. It’s a fact of life.

  4. December 2nd, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    michelle says:

    I love clams but the hubz is seriously allergic- :-( Maybe I can come to dinner at your house?! :-)

  5. December 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 PM

    Lara (Thinspired) says:

    Life is just too darn short not to enjoy butter every once in a while! :)

    Nope, I’m not a wine snob, either. I either like or I don’t (though that doesn’t happen often!).

  6. December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 PM

    Jenny says:

    I think cooking and vino definitely go hand in hand! And for me, it can be ANY type of food ;)

    I’m not a wine snob, while exploring different wines is fun, I will pretty much drink whatever is poured into my glass…waste not, want not, right?

  7. December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 PM

    Lynn (The Actors Diet) says:

    i haven’t had linguini in clam sauce in forever - and i really love it, so i’m gonna have to do something about that….

    hope your hip feels better! i’ve been having weird shoulder issues lately and i have no idea why!

  8. December 2nd, 2009 at 10:32 PM

    Lauren says:

    I often have a glass of wine in hand while cooking. I really think it makes the food taste better.

    I totally understand the whole cardio machine changes though. I swear, whenever I run on a different machine, it’s ENITRELY different. I usually maintain a 7.5-7.7 pace on my machine, but when I go use a hotel treadmill, the speed is soooo different. Like I can barely go beyond 6.5. Weird! I don’t get it.

    Hope your hip feels better soon though. ;)

  9. December 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    kay (eating machine) says:

    wine makes me quite sure i’m a better cook… not being a wine snob makes life more fun

  10. December 3rd, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    Christina says:

    I had spaghetti with clams yesterday too.. but my clam sauce was from a can. Yours looks amazing!

  11. December 3rd, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    Jillian says:

    I love all white wine. Not a snob either- if it is wine I will drink it :)

    I finally decided to make one of those delish bagel engg hotsauce lovelies…yes, thanks for the new addiction. It was AWESOME!

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