What's for Dinner?

That's the question, folks. What do you have or did you prepare for dinner? Any dish you want to share us?

Well, I, for one, have prepared something for me and my wife (who, at the time I'm writing this blog post, is still at work, and in her tutorial and other part-time job, for she's scheduled today.) Yes, I prepared dinner for me and for my wife because we're only two at home these days. As you know, our two young adult children have been out there, in two different places/locations, realizing their dreams/aspirations. Our son, who graduated from college in 2010, has been working in The Capital while our daughter is currently a fourth year college student at the premier State university  where she's pursuing a degree in Sociology. My sister-in-law has been away on vacation. That leaves me and my wife at home. Isn't that nice, lovely and wonderful?

Now, this is what we have for dinner, folks. The dish is pasta (Tri-color Rotini and Rigatoni combo both by Mueller's America's Favorite Pasta) with sauteed onion, Forelli mushrooms (pieces and stems) and chopped bacon, thick cut from Oscar Mayer (America's favorite fully cooked (100 percent real) bacon), with Bertolli's Alfredo Sauce (with aged parmesan cheese). The other dish, which I already prepared for tomorrow, is pasta with sauteed onion, mushrooms, steamed (and spiced up with Old Bay seasoning) large-size shrimps (deveined and peeled), with Alfredo Sauce. Actually, I divided the pasta into two, once cooked, for two separate but almost identical dishes. Get it? I set aside the other pasta dish with shrimps for tomorrow, and Friday if we have leftovers.

I tell you, it didn't take much time for me to prepare the pasta dish. Once the pasta is cooked/boiled, per the product's cooking direction, I set it aside. Then, I sauteed the chopped onion and the rinsed mushrooms (in a jar) with Bertolli's Extra Light olive oil and Land O' Lakes Unsalted Sweet butter, and added the Alftredo Sauce Once the stuff was cooked, I  set aside one half of it in a bowl. For the first half, I added chopped bacon in it. Then, I added half a jar of that Alfredo Sauce, mixed the whole stuff with the pasta. I let it stay on the pan for a couple of minutes before scooping it up and placed it on a large bowl/plate. I used the same pan for the other pasta dish. For the other half that I set aside in a bowl, I added the peeled steamed and spiced shrimps into the sauteed onion and mushrooms. I added the other half a jar of Alfredo Sauce. Then, I mixed the whole stuff with the pasta. I let it stay on the pan for a couple of minutes before I turned our cooking range off. There you go, folks. But before serving it, get ready with that Kraft shredded (low-moisture part-skim) Mozzarella chesee, please! Plus, that bottle of red table wine! Now, it's time for dinner! Bon apetit!

Let me tell you, friends. I got inspired today by Fr. Leo Patalinghug's GraceBeforeMeals videos. Only I followed my own simple pasta recipe! Thanks to God for Fr. Leo. Thanks, again, YouTube, Blogger, and Google. And, thank you, folks, for your time with me. Until next time around. Ciao! Have a pleasant, good night, everyone!-chris a. quilpa, 29February2012