Shiz Can't Cook Series: Carbonara Pasta

Both Sat & じゅるる has made carbonara for me, but I've never made it myself.

But since I get hungry every 2-3 hours, and I can't live off of eating peanut butter granola bars every day, I decided to make it myself.

I think you're supposed to use bacon, but greasy meat doesn't settle well in my belly right now... so I decided to go w/ oyster mushrooms. Not that mushrooms are easy to digest either.

And じゅるる told me to take the pot off heat & pour in the egg... but I was kinda slow, so the pot wasn't hot enough & I had to re-heat. Causing some scrambling of the egg.

But it came out pretty good.


I need to add more salt, though.

The pasta (carbs) and eggs (light protein) is easy to eat these days. Maybe I'll have this every day. Am I allowed to add spinach in the mix too?

Shiz Can't Cook Series: Crock Pot BBQ Short Ribs

So we received a Crock Pot from Ichigo (she won it at a bingo game).

じゅるる made a beef stew(?) the other day. Came out pretty yummy.

We were looking through the instruction booklet & it mentioned making BBQ ribs using the Crock Pot. Really?

So we went out and bought beef short ribs (on sale at Ralphs) and two bottles of BBQ sauce, and dumped them into the Crock Pot along w/ chopped onions. Just like the instructions said.


And the ribs simmered in the Crock Pot overnight.
Smelled wonderful...
But came out kinda black...?


And the taste...
It's a bit vinegar-y (I would have preferred it sweeter), and a bit fatty (maybe we should have burned off the fat by pre-grilling the ribs?), and a bit chewy on the edges (should have constantly turned the meat pieces around in the pot)... but not so bad. The meat came out super tender.

We'll try it again next time w/ less time in the Crock Pot and more meat.

Big Four-O Birthday Dinner

Today was じゅるる's 40th b-day.

We made reservations at Lawry's, since じゅるる is a meat eater.
He went for the Lawry's cut, I went for the English cut. I decided to try well-done this time too.

At the end of the meal, じゅるる said he was so full he wanted to cry (from the pain?). He doesn't think he can eat a Lawry's cut anymore... so he'll have to downgrade to a California cut next time.

Oh, since I told them that it was his b-day, they brought out a cake. Altho we were waaaay too full to eat much of it.

Once we got home, we went to Koge Haus b/c Sat bought an ice cream cake for him. Of course we were too full to eat that too, so we had a tiny piece. And took the rest of it home.