Cheating on fancy food- Spaghetti Carbonara.

I'm going to apologize right now for the lack of posting, and the lack of photos in this post. I've been busy, and I've had a major change of lifestyle in the last 6 months or so.

Number one, my 'husband' and I are no more. Long story short, we were definitely not compatible in the long run. But what are you going to do, right? I'll tell you what I did. I cooked.

In fact, I made Spaghetti Carbonara for just me tonight! And man was it good.

Now, the meal itself was a happy accident. I was hungry and had some leftover plain spaghetti in the fridge, just enough for a plate. I don't have any decent spaghetti sauce or alfredo sauce, and no basil for pesto. Oh well. Now I had just been reading a few food magazines, and figured I had eggs, Parmesan, and leftover bacon squeezin's around, and some ham, so I'd just make carbonara.

I didn't have enough parmesan for the meal, so I ended up pulling out some mozzarella from the back of the fridge. Now, this mozzarella was old, sitting in the back of the fridge, unopened. I figured what the hell and tried it. Oddly enough, that mozzarella was the best sharp cheddar cheese I'd ever tasted. I checked the package to make sure it was mozzarella, because I had no idea where I would have got white cheddar cheese. The best by date was in 2006. Yep. Seriously.

I figured what the hell, it wasn't moldy, so I cut some up and popped it in with my carbonara. Oh. My. God.

Long story short, add extra sharp cheddar cheese to carbonara for an interesting surprise.

Spaghetti Carbonara for the Brave

• 2c cooked spaghetti, nuked and hot as the fires of Hades
• 2 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
• 1 egg, whipped to hell
• a half-thing of Bacon squeezins (enough to coat your pan)
• 3-4 slices of lunchmeat ham, cut into little tiny itty bitty bits.
• 1/4 cup mozzarella/cheddar/6-year-old-nightmare cheese
• Pepper and salt and garlic power (because I'm lazy)

-Melt yer bacon squeezins and throw in your little bitty bits of ham. Cook it til it smells deliciously bacon-y and is a little crispy. Turn off your heat and LET COOL (this is super srs important guyz. Don't mess this up) for one minute. Seriously. Walk away. Don't get all excited and skip to the next step or your food will be yicky.

-Dump in your egg, and throw in your hotter than hades spaghetti. Mix quickly whilst adding your cheese. Don't turn on the heat or you'll end up with scrambled eggs and spaghetti, and that's gross. Salt, pepper, and garlic power it. Dump out onto plate.

Takes 15 minutes with prep, is seriously easy, and it's seriously delicious. Go do it now.