It's Tuesday night and I am totally exhausted. 6th and 7th graders a few days out from spring break do not make easy students to teach! I was tempted to pull out the chinese takeout menu, but resisted and made instead a delicious and fast dinner: pasta carbonara. It is really simple, but absolutely delicious (unless you're like my mom and don't like eggs!). Now granted, it's not the most healthy dinner...but still better than general tso's chicken or egg rolls.
For the pasta carbonara:
Boil a pot of salted water, cook 1 pound of fav pasta (we used linguini).
In a frying dish, saute 1/2 large onion (or one small) and 8 strips of bacon chopped up (I had some leftover, so we didn't have to cook it all the way through, just re-heat it).
In a large bowl, mix 4 eggs and 1/2 cup of cream. Add 1/4 cup of freshly grated parmesan cheese and a lot of black pepper.
Once the onion and bacon are cooked, add those to the egg/cream mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup of chopped Italian parsley. Add pasta when it's al dente, to the mixture and toss together. Add any pasta water if sauce is too thick. Serve with more parsley and cheese.
Yum!!
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