Spaghetti Carbonara

I created an Instagram gif video while making this dish the other day and due to popular demand, wanted to elaborate with the actual recipe! You really could use any vegetables you'd like with this dish. That's the best part of cooking for me. You don't have green onions in the fridge, that's ok! Throw in green peppers like I did! Also, I don't do a lot of measuring when I cook, so here is a rough estimate of what I did ;) Enjoy!

1 pound dry spaghetti
4 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped
1 shallot, diced
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/3 cup green bell pepper, diced
1 tomato, diced
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 eggs
1 cup grated parmesan
1/2 cup cream
Salt and pepper to taste
approx 1 cup fresh Arugula

Start by cooking the pasta. While you're doing that, start the sauce. Cook your bacon. Drain most of the fat but keep approximately 2 Tbsp in the pan. Set bacon aside and add shallot and mushrooms to pan. sauté until almost cooked through. Add peppers, tomatoes, and garlic. sauté for appox 2 mins. Add cream, salt and pepper. Beat eggs in with your parmesan. Dump your pasta into your pan with your sautéed veggies. Add egg and cheese mixture to pan and pull off the heat. The heat from the pan and the pasta will cook the eggs but you don't want to scramble them so keep stirring! Add bacon and arugula to the mix and serve!

Places to Warm your Toes in Seattle This Winter

I am so excited to see some of my favorite places listed on Eaters Seattle blog for best places to get a holiday drink in Seattle! Not to mention number 6 is where I first met my husband! If that doesn't warm your heart, maybe one of their warm glasses of holiday cheer will! Click on their link below to see all the fab places:

EaterSeattle

XOXO

Holiday Cookie Time!!

Baking cookies for your cookie exchange? How about making your own sugared pretzel cookies like the ones you find in the blue tins! Here is a link to a fabulous recipe from my favorite blogger and cookbook writer Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen:

Sugared Pretzel Cookies  

Good luck and happy baking!!!