snow and pasta

I've officially been snowed in since Wed night ... the forecasters had been predicting snow since Tues night but it didn't really come in til overnight Wednesday. I woke up Thursday morning to this



It continued to snow most of Thursday and let up later that evening. I think there was at least half a foot when I looked this morning. But anyway, so I stayed home today as well, though in the afternoon I did venture out to the mall ... I was planning to go to the grocery store afterwards, but on my way, the car next to me's back tires started spinning and he got stuck!! I stared in horror and decided to head back home instead.

I had done enough grocery shopping for a few meals on Wednesday though so I decided to cook tonight. I was trying this recipe by Giada on the Food Network - Pasta with Pancetta and Tomato Sauce. I didn't want to make a pound of pasta for just me, so I bought some fresh linguine that was about 10 oz. I then tried to readjust all the other ingredients accordingly ...



Instead of the whole can of tomato sauce, I used about 2/3rds, half an onion instead of a whole, and about 4 oz of pancetta instead of 6 oz. Here's what it looked like when I was saute'ing the onions and pancetta~



This was very easy to make. But it came out way more tomato-ey and thicker than I would like. I think one, I probably still had too much tomato sauce, and two, I didn't add as much of the pasta liquid as I could have ... since I was just trying to eyeball it. I could also definitely taste the cheese, which I sprinkled fairly sparingly ... probably put in about 3 good sprinkles. It looks very spahgetti-y (probably b/c of the tomato-based sauce)

*the picture has been removed, cat deemed it unappetizing lol*

But overall, I actually ate quite a bit and liked it. Just a bit thicker than I would like I think. I still have leftover ingredients but no linguine at home, ... so I'm going to try to use the rest with cappelini and liquify the sauce a bit more and see how it turns out. Seeing as how the forecast calls for more snow Sunday through Wednesday, I probably will try it out soon ...