Lessons learnt from my mum always stays with me. My mum
never let me waste food. She would make sure I finished every bit in my bowl. I
was taught to take what I can eat only and leaving food and let it waste is
totally unacceptable. She even scared me by saying if I leave a grain of rice in my bowl, I will marry a husband who have a face full of scars. LOL!
Nowadays, children are raised in an environment where
parents rushed to fulfil their desire so they grow up to be indifferent towards what they get or own, including food. My mum said, it is
the parents’ doing that they developed this behavior. I think she is right. So
it is the parents’ responsibility to eduate their children that they must not
waste food.
Pulled pork
and spinach penne
Largely
adapted from epicurious.com
Ingredients:
1 cup left over pulled pork
1 tbs
unsalted butter
2 medium
leeks, white and pale-green parts only, diced
sea salt to
taste
3/4 cup
heavy cream
2 tsp
chopped fresh rosemary
2 cups penne
½ cup shaved
Parmesan
parsley for garnishing
Method:
Heat butter in pan over medium heat. Add leeks and season with sea salt. Increase
heat to medium-high and cook, stirring often, until leeks begin to caramelized. Add pulled pork. Add cream and chopped rosemary. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer,
stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Meanwhile,
cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until
al dente. Drain pasta, reserving 1cup pasta cooking liquid. Add pasta and 1/2
cup pasta cooking liquid to sauce and stir to coat. Increase heat to medium and
continue stirring, adding more cooking liquid as needed, until sauce coats
pasta.
