Pasta

Whoa, its been 3 months since I blogged....think I was busy with work, training for my half marathon. In between I did have some interesting adventures but all in all, quiet and unremarkable.

M has a passion for cooking, honed from her stint at Olio Dome where she was waitressing a long time back. Its nice to hang around with someone who loves food as much as I do. We have been comparing notes on Julia Child, complete with a trip to Tanglin supermarket. I wanted to show her where are all the fresh ingredients, as well as to convince her why its important to use only the best. One must pick up good habits when learning to cook and not go the lazy, shortcut way of using processed or packaged stuff. I hope she agrees... :-)

I got myself two Italian cookbooks. Well, I needed a fresh perspective with pasta. Quite sick of my usual recipe of sausages, bell peppers, or a simple mushroom, garlic and chili aglio olio. Mario Batali did not disappoint me! Am trying out a spaghetti with olives, anchovies and breadcrumbs, as well as a pork rib stew in tomatoes and red wine. The kitchen is smelling so good now!

Still sick from another bout of sinustis, taking anti biotics and generally no appetite. Hopefully tonights dinner will do some wonders as I missed my runs last week. What a bummer. I hate it, especially since I am running above target now. God, I would be so disappointed if I have to restart my training again.

Trick for priming the body for intensive training - vitc c, multivits, glucosamine and lots and lots of healthy food laden with protein.

Wish me luck.