God, I so want to make a pasta carbonara, but I don't have any eggs or
parmesan. What I do have, however, is cream (not supposed to consume),
bacon, peas, flour, butter, pasta............... I'm thinking I can make
something out of this, but I wish I had some sort of parmesan/romano! We
usually do, but we're out right now. I've got fresh mushrooms, celery,
onion, garlic and I have to be at work in a matter of hours. Any ideas?
I'm getting really hungry!

kili

"SBarbour" wrote in message
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Well... I'd boil and drain the pasta, fry and crumble the bacon, saute
the
mushrooms, celery, onion and garlic in a little of the butter, then add
all
of this and the bacon to the hot pasta and have lunch!

I agree that cheese would be missed. If you have them... some chopped
fresh
herbs would be a nice addition, as would a splash of sherry.

The only thing I wouldn't use on your list is the flour.

Sharon


I have sherry! I was thinking about using it. Thanks, Sharon!

kili

Well... I'd boil and drain the pasta, fry and crumble the bacon, saute the
mushrooms, celery, onion and garlic in a little of the butter, then add all
of this and the bacon to the hot pasta and have lunch!

I agree that cheese would be missed. If you have them... some chopped fresh
herbs would be a nice addition, as would a splash of sherry.

The only thing I wouldn't use on your list is the flour.

Sharon


"kilikini" wrote in message
. ..
God, I so want to make a pasta carbonara, but I don't have any eggs or
parmesan. What I do have, however, is cream (not supposed to consume),
bacon, peas, flour, butter, pasta............... I'm thinking I can make
something out of this, but I wish I had some sort of parmesan/romano! We
usually do, but we're out right now. I've got fresh mushrooms, celery,
onion, garlic and I have to be at work in a matter of hours. Any ideas?
I'm getting really hungry!

kili

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

God, I so want to make a pasta carbonara, but I don't have any eggs or
parmesan. What I do have, however, is cream (not supposed to consume),
bacon, peas, flour, butter, pasta............... I'm thinking I can make
something out of this, but I wish I had some sort of parmesan/romano! We
usually do, but we're out right now. I've got fresh mushrooms, celery,
onion, garlic and I have to be at work in a matter of hours. Any ideas?
I'm getting really hungry!

kili



Make it up as you go along dear. ;-)
I've seen you cook by "instinct" so you have the knack!

I'm thawing out some pork chops that I intend to electro-grill with some
light seasonings, and I'm steaming up some chunks of carrots with
brocolli, portabello mushroom and some cocktail shrimps tossed in just
for grins........

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message
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In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

God, I so want to make a pasta carbonara, but I don't have any eggs or
parmesan. What I do have, however, is cream (not supposed to consume),
bacon, peas, flour, butter, pasta............... I'm thinking I can
make
something out of this, but I wish I had some sort of parmesan/romano!
We
usually do, but we're out right now. I've got fresh mushrooms, celery,
onion, garlic and I have to be at work in a matter of hours. Any ideas?
I'm getting really hungry!

kili



Make it up as you go along dear. ;-)
I've seen you cook by "instinct" so you have the knack!

I'm thawing out some pork chops that I intend to electro-grill with some
light seasonings, and I'm steaming up some chunks of carrots with
brocolli, portabello mushroom and some cocktail shrimps tossed in just
for grins........

Cheers!
--

Yummy, yours sounds good to me! I got the bacon done, I'm about to sautee
mushrooms, onions and garlic in the bacon grease. I have to have pasta!
AGH, I so have to have pasta!

kili

"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" wrote in message
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"kilikini" looking for trouble wrote in
:

God, I so want to make a pasta carbonara, but I don't have any eggs or
parmesan. What I do have, however, is cream (not supposed to consume),
bacon, peas, flour, butter, pasta............... I'm thinking I can
make
something out of this, but I wish I had some sort of parmesan/romano!
We
usually do, but we're out right now. I've got fresh mushrooms, celery,
onion, garlic and I have to be at work in a matter of hours. Any ideas?
I'm getting really hungry!

kili




I would make an onion, garlic cream sauce to put on the pasta. I would
also
add some bacon, peas and some of the mushrooms. Do you have another white
cheese you can substitute? Some mozzarella maybe?

Michael


No, no cheese, that's the thing! We were really short on funds this week
and didn't buy cheese. Sigh. I'm making the sauce as we speak, I think.
Cream, mushrooms, onions, garlic, peas, nutmeg. Whaddya think?

kili

"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" wrote in message
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"kilikini" looking for trouble wrote in
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"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" wrote in message
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"kilikini" looking for trouble wrote
in :


No, no cheese, that's the thing! We were really short on funds this
week and didn't buy cheese. Sigh. I'm making the sauce as we speak,
I think. Cream, mushrooms, onions, garlic, peas, nutmeg. Whaddya
think?

kili


Sounds really good to me. I dream up stuff all the time. It's called
cooking by the seat of your britches What I hate running out of more
than anything is stock or home made broth. Both the chicken and beef are
staples around here. I can have a dab of this and a dab of that in the
fridge and come up with an acceptable soup just about anytime.

Michael

--

That's what I do, too. Cooking by the seat of your britches. :~) I like
that. That should be my new slogan, may I borrow it?

kili

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message
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In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

God, I so want to make a pasta carbonara, but I don't have any eggs or
parmesan. What I do have, however, is cream (not supposed to consume),
bacon, peas, flour, butter, pasta............... I'm thinking I can
make
something out of this, but I wish I had some sort of parmesan/romano!
We
usually do, but we're out right now. I've got fresh mushrooms, celery,
onion, garlic and I have to be at work in a matter of hours. Any
ideas?
I'm getting really hungry!

kili



Make it up as you go along dear. ;-)
I've seen you cook by "instinct" so you have the knack!

I'm thawing out some pork chops that I intend to electro-grill with some
light seasonings, and I'm steaming up some chunks of carrots with
brocolli, portabello mushroom and some cocktail shrimps tossed in just
for grins........

Cheers!
--

Yummy, yours sounds good to me! I got the bacon done, I'm about to sautee
mushrooms, onions and garlic in the bacon grease. I have to have pasta!
AGH, I so have to have pasta!

kili

For me it turned out to be a soup day. So I raided my freezer and found
some sausages that had been there awhile; frozen bacon and some pastrami
that I'd thrown in about a month ago.

1 1/cups green split peas
1 tsp rosemary
1 can each of diluted chicken & beef stock ( I like the mixture)
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 carrots

Fried up the bacon & sausage, added the onion, garlic, rosemary and carrots.
Browned for about 6 mins. then added the stock and peas. This should take
about an hour. I'm still debating whether I need the pastrami at the end or
not. But it already is tasty!

Elaine

"kilikini" wrote in message
. ..
God, I so want to make a pasta carbonara, but I don't have any eggs or
parmesan. What I do have, however, is cream (not supposed to consume),
bacon, peas, flour, butter, pasta............... I'm thinking I can make
something out of this, but I wish I had some sort of parmesan/romano! We
usually do, but we're out right now. I've got fresh mushrooms, celery,
onion, garlic and I have to be at work in a matter of hours. Any ideas?
I'm getting really hungry!

kili

Without cheese you're just fine.

Do you have any frozen seafood in the freezer?

Seafood mandates no cheese for superior flavor.

:-)

Dimitri

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:37:07 GMT, "kilikini"
wrote:


"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" wrote in message
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"kilikini" looking for trouble wrote in
:

God, I so want to make a pasta carbonara, but I don't have any eggs or
parmesan. What I do have, however, is cream (not supposed to consume),
bacon, peas, flour, butter, pasta............... I'm thinking I can
make
something out of this, but I wish I had some sort of parmesan/romano!
We
usually do, but we're out right now. I've got fresh mushrooms, celery,
onion, garlic and I have to be at work in a matter of hours. Any ideas?
I'm getting really hungry!

kili




I would make an onion, garlic cream sauce to put on the pasta. I would
also
add some bacon, peas and some of the mushrooms. Do you have another white
cheese you can substitute? Some mozzarella maybe?

Michael


No, no cheese, that's the thing! We were really short on funds this week
and didn't buy cheese. Sigh. I'm making the sauce as we speak, I think.
Cream, mushrooms, onions, garlic, peas, nutmeg. Whaddya think?

sounds good, except that I'd thicken it with a little cornflour or
flour... heated cream goes sooo runny!

I wanted meat for lunch so I fried up a skinless chicken breast with
seasoning, chopped it and put it in a bowl with butter lettuce,
quartered cocktail tomatoes, helman's homestyle mayonnaise and some
frozen sweetcorn that I thawed in the chicken pan. Yummy, and at least
relatively good for me!

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