Spaghetti Carbonara

This is what I cook for myself when Amir is out. It is one of the rare recipes that is designed to serve just one person and that’s exactly how it should be eaten. Sure, you could double it to share with another person, but why? This is the kind of dish that is best enjoyed completamente da solo.

squash and pepper pilaf with cannellini beans, spinach and sun-dried tomatoes

Yesterday morning we were leafing through the last issue of Gourmet (sigh) wondering what to make for dinner when these beautiful dishes jumped out at us. Healthy, quick, and tasty, it’s the perfect dinner to make at the end of a long day (and after the tedium of my Bilingual Exceptional Child class.)