Here’s a new portion of Spell Saab where I try to be a “foodie” a.k.a. food blogger.
Siyempre echos lang yun, I’m just really trying to learn how to cook especially because I’ve been living on my own for a year now and all I do is eat cereal or order in. More of the latter and for non McDonald’s deliveries, there’s always at least a PhP500 minimum order. I tend to overdo it and so much money and food just end up wasted.
Also, of course I want to learn how to cook for when I have my own family. Yihee… Feeling grown-up.
My friend Candy and I got a recipe from the internet (first link after googling “carbonara pasta with bacon” haha) and we were on a mission to make a total mess in the kitchen.
Cook 450 grams (1 pound) of Linguine in boiling salt water. To make sure it’s “al dente” or firm but not hard: get a piece of pasta, throw it on the wall/fridge and if it sticks that means it’s good to go!
Drain the pasta and run cool water on it while mixing so it stops cooking in its own heat then toss (fancy word for mix) it with one tablespoon olive oil tapos i-kebs mo muna siya sa side while preparing the other ingredients
Mince 1 clove of garlic
Chop up one whole onion
Ta-daa!
Defrost your bacon, and cut 8 strips into small pieces. But not too small because when you cook it it’ll get even smaller. I suggest you use 10 strips of bacon because medyo bitin yung 8. You can never have too much bacon. (Cut to: heart attack. Echos. YES YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH BACON SO HINAY HINAY LANG)
I have no idea what I’m doing. And ang labo ng picture (thanks, Candy haha)
Best thing ever. Cook the bacon until slightly crisp or if you want it a little burnt but that’s bad for you. But bacon is bad for you anyway so what the heck, go for it. Drain the bacon by putting it on a plate lined with paper towel.
From the pan that you used to cook the bacon, get two tablespoons of bacon fat and transfer to a much larger pan. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and heat. Add chopped onion, and cook over medium heat until onion is translucent. Add minced garlic, and cook 1 minute more. Add 1/4 cup dry white wine if desired; cook one more minute (halata bang copy-paste lang yung last 3 sentences na yun?).
Ngayon, ibalik mo na yung cooked bacon sa pan and your cooked and drained pasta, too. Keep tossing the whole chorva and add olive oil if you think it’s dry or if the pasta is sticking together.
Add 4 beaten eggs and toss
Add 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, keep tossing. It wasn’t in the recipe but we added mushrooms.
Add salt and pepper little by little and keep tasting it until you think keri na!
You’re supposed to serve with 2 tablespoons chopped parsley sprinkled on top but we couldn’t find parsley sa grocery. Flop.
But still… YAY!!! My first carbonara!! Thank you so much to Candy who did most of the tossing which was the hardest part because ang bigat ng mixture!!
Good for about 6-8 persons depending on takaw/takaw-mata level :)
If you want us to try other stuff (beginner level PLEASE), send us your suggestions by leaving a comment! Hope you enjoyed my first Feeling Foodie entry!<3
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wow!. nakakatakam.. haha.. Aco nlng food photgraphy mu lhat ng llutin mo na food.. :) Pwede ba un?. :))
Yes, I’ll try!
Revolutionary mac ‘n cheese!!! :D
Looks yummy! I suggest mac and cheese for your next “Feeling Foodie” :D
This looks so yummmmmy. Now I want to eat. Goodbye diet. Thanks Saab. Hahahaha Try putting cream of mushroom. It’s so sarap.
Try tacos. They’re really easy and fun to make :)
keep it up saab! masarap magluto lalo n pag nasarapan ung mga nkakain.. :)
i love carbonara,as in!!!!!!!
carbonara sauce gmit nmin pag nglu2to nyan,pra mas mdali..hehe
FTW: i-kebs and chorva.. i’m smiling while reading this.. =D
more Feeling Foodie entry to come!!!!
TIP: pls use kitchen scissors to cut bacon and other flat meats next time. ;)
Oo nga!! I have kitchen scissors, I totally forgot to use it! Thanks mom :*
slurrrrppp… how bout making a club house sandwich :) ala Saab or like Saab-way style of putting up a sandwich…lol
I loved reading your instructions. I can almost hear you say “i-kebs mo muna sya sa side…” Winner ang cooking debut mo!
Another easy one you could try is french toast. Or pancakes. Or you could try another pasta dish and have your friend, Candy, help with the tossing again. hehe.
when i’m feeling tamad and want to eat pasta, i just use spicy tuna. After cooking the pasta, drain the water and put it in a pan. tapos open a can or two of tuna, put mushroom (cooked) if you want, cheese, strips of green or red bell pepper, salt and pepper, and voila! :) my bro taught me this coz I didnt know how to cook pasta aside from my usual carbonara
Yummmmmmmmmmmmm!!! Will try this :)
did u include the tuna oil in the pasta?
Yup, it was vegetable oil!
wow saab..mukhang masarap ahh..ma try nga to! hehehe
try google-ing siomai or pork bola-bola. very easy and tastes oh so good. :D
Mukang masarap nmn ang first entry mu saab,sna pde matikman haha!! Nagutom aq bigla ei.:)
A Pizza Roll. Basic lang. :)
Looks great! “i-kebs mo muna siya” hahahaha love your style of writing! Keep doing food blogs, please!
“….then toss (fancy word for mix) it with one tablespoon olive oil tapos i-kebs mo muna siya sa side while preparing the other ingredients”
best instruction of a recipe ever! :D FTW!
you can now cook a Spaghetti! but different ingredients of course. :)
My friends and I also cooked carbonara before, we used cream of mushroom (campbell’s) and evaporated milk for the sauce and we cooked the sauce separately (it will lessen the tossing of pasta and sauce). Its a little bit of a Spaghetti like but you can apply on how many sauce you need for your pasta and cooking separately is somehow better if there will be leftovers :)
For a second, I thought it was real and had to stop myself from licking my already dirty screen! I was drooling all over! Darn that made me hungrier!!! ahahahaha
Yay!!
CHOT! SO TAGA-TOSS LANG TALAGA KO GANON?! HAHAHA
Yes, girl, let’s pretend I did a lot of work naman.. Hahahahahaha
mas maganda iyon tipong shaolin soccer… habang minamasa ang tinapay may prayers…
Hahahahahahahaha
COKE, COKE, COKE…
HAMBURGER…
bake some cookies saab :)
Feels a bit like the process of China’s Sichuan noodles, I good ~
You should do this more often! I love this blog entry! <3
This is the funniest yet informative instructional food blog I’ve ever read. Makes me feel motivated since the one thing I hate doing is cooking. I can’t mix flavors/spices properly :p
Try sortedfood.com, they have new video recipes everyday and it’s really easy to follow.
Thanks!
Hi Saab. Congrats sa bago mong hobby:) Try mong mag hanap ng mga recipes sa “panlasang pinoy.com”. Madali lang din yung chicken sopas. Madali lang at pang malamig na weather:)
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zd3GHhdNzQ
video yung link sa taas at ingredients sa baba
2. http://panlasangpinoy.com/2010/06/23/chicken-sopas-soup-recipe/
french toast!!! :)
I like this post, for a foodie like me:) I never tried to cook Carbonara, I would love to try this because it looks appetizing:) Congrats! Before, I cooks spaghetti or pancit bihon/guisado and most of the time I baked, like oatmeal cookies or brownies.
One of the funniest posts ever! Hahaha! xD
Looking forward to your next Feeling Foodie post.
Nice! yeah try siomai and bola2x
You should cook for your boyfriend once you perfected some dishes. A surprise candlelit dinner at your condo would be nice. :D
Yes, I plan on doing that! He wants me to learn how to make steak :p Haha
nice saab. nadagdagan talents mo!!!
how bout lasagna?
XOXO
But I don’t have an oven in my condo.. :( Maybe I can make that some place else hehe..
hahaha I like how you blog about your carbonara! hindi boring basahin ang mga side comments, It makes me laugh and thanks for sharing the recipe ate Saab! :) hope you make more of Feeling Foodie! :) <3
Saab!! Ang saya din iluto nung samjupsal (di ko alam tunay na spelling) basta korean food na may korean bbq na strips, tapos kimchi, tapos rice tapos ibabalot sa lettuce at ididip sa sauce! (http://www.trifood.com/ssam.asp) Perstaym ko magluto nito tapos sobrang oh wow sarap (para sakin). Try mo iluto din ung peyborit dish mo or something na natikman mo sa isang restaurant tas gayahin mo ung lasa or mas pasarapin mo pa. Nakakakilig magluto dibaaaa! Kaya lang parang di ka na gutom after mo magluto dahil sa sobrang pagtikim. Haha Goodluckkk! <3
Thanks :)
Hahahaha can’t stop laughing at your “kebs mo muna siya” and “copy paste”. I learned cooking a year ago. And people are shocked I actually know how. Imagine-in mo, sa internet ko lang lahat natutunan! Google lang ako nang Google. Haha!
So excited for this! Sana meron pang next! :)
Google is our friend!!
Droolz! PIZZA naman next! :) Or mini pizzas if you dont have oven para kahit toaster lang keri na. :)
Teehee. Yum, Yum, Yum ang Carbonara ni Saab.
<3
Makes me hungry ate Saab! :) ♥
Naisip ko yung Saabmarine. Diba usually RA does the cooking? Or is that Caldereta sessions? =)) Basta ayun. Wala lang, luto ka rin tapos let them taste it. Huhu I miss Saabmarine!!!
I think I’ll cover RA making his super yummy caldereta haha!
And do your own version of Caldereta? Yes? Yes!
Can we email recipes sayo, Saab? ;)
Sure, info@spellsaab.com :)
Yay! So exciting and mouth watering post. Nakakagutom :) For sure Chef Logro of Kusina Master will invite you to his show.
tips for cooking pasta next time:
the part when you said to throw a piece of pasta in wall and that if it sticks it’s ready. if the pasta sticks, it’s most likely overcooked.
never wash your pasta. An italian would go beserk.
Easy Carbonara – Just use the same ingredients and use thickened cream & Parmasen cheese or whatever cheese you like for that more creamier texture.
Mixed some chop parsley for some colour.
um, what were you doing with the pasta on the second picture? is that water running down?
ako naman i always make a “invention dishes” :) sana mag guest ka rin kay Chef Boy Logro para dagdag kaalaman sa mga foodies :)
Nomnom! Your carbonara looks yummeh! Good job ate Saab! :bd
Looks yum! :) Next time, you can also try putting a little bit of creme fraiche / single cream/ double cream – making it creamier (?) :)
Sinigang plssss :)
This is my feeling-ko-ang-galing-ko-magluto recipe for Steamed Cream Dory.
1) Thaw frozen dory
2) Pahiran ng salt, pepper, and Italian Herbs ng McCormick
3) Place in steamer
4) Put cheese and/or butter on top
5) Turn off stove pag amoy masarap na
Kalasa sya ng parmesan crusted fish ng Cookbook Kitchen, promise :)
Oooooooh
instead of eggs, add 1 can of Campbell’s mushroom soup and 1 tetra pack of Nestlé cream! Promise yun ang pinakamasarap.
So entertaining post! Hahaha, ang kulit lang.. :) Hm, try mo beef stroganoff. Simple lang yun. ;)
Cooked this tonight after learning that I’ve won in a photo competition. Carbonara is one my comfort food I’d like to prepare when I’m happy. Pasta + wine = LifeIsAwesome
Thanks for sharing the easy to follow recipe :)
YAY!
da best yung terms na chorva at i kebs sa side..hahah…nice one! walang cream yung carbonara mo?
wlang cream, tortang carbonara ending? charaught! :P
pizza roll you must try it, sarap! for meryenda :))
go to this website. his name is micheal simon. chef xa sa US and he has a show called The Chew. He has a segment called 5 in 5. 5 ingredients In 5 minutes. i cooked it and it was good. i dont cook at all kasi i suck at it. anyway try it and hope u like it. heres the site.
http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/holidays-michael-symon-Bacon-Noodle-Surprise
omg thank you!!
Nga pala i used fettucini pastaead of egg noodle. but its up to you. hope u like it.