Topic “mushroom”

On any given morning, I will have a smoothie made with fresh fruit for breakfast. That allows me to start the day clean and refreshed. On the other hand, there are some days where I want something different. Something special. This is one of those days.

Since I'm leaving in a few days (I'm going to D.C. for the rest of the week), I decided I had to clean my fridge of all the food that might spoil during my absence. Also, a friend of mine challenged me to make something I've never made before, something requiring a special trip to the store, or a squash-based soup.

I told her that, since I'm leaving, I don't want to buy more food that might spoil. I didn't feel like eating squash soup either, so I finally decided to use an ingredient I've never used in cooking before: mangoes!

After much consideration, and plenty of bugging from Vilmali to spend some time together cooking something, we decided to get together to make pasta. From Scratch(tm)!

This is one of the simplest things to make. It works perfect as a side dish, over rice, as hors d'œuvre with crackers, or just on its own. One of my favorite kitchen smells is actually onion being caramelized in butter. Whenever I smell that, I just have to grab a piece and eat it.