Saturday 24 July 2010

Day 24 ... Garlic-Ginger Spaghetti in Olive Oil


This morning I had a shaker of The Green Drink.

Lunch was with the above group of friends. Hamidah's and Gani's relatives. So let's see what I had : one slice of pizza, half a slice of pocket pizza with chicken pieces and tomato sauce, one rib of lamb, half a baked potato, 5 fork-rolls of spaghetti, one pc of garlic bread and one small piece of baked fish.

That's all.

No wonder I was so tired in the car. Bryan la, kept piling up my plate. One after another. Next time, when we are eating like this ... share-share ... must put the stuffs on the plate first, then only eat. Learned something new today.


Garlic-Ginger Spaghetti in Olive Oil

Bryan made yet another amazing dish tonight. Super awesome! Already so darn full from lunch, but came dinner time, could still wish he made more of the above pasta dish. Was truly tasty and mouth-watering. Took him 10 minutes to prepare the ingredients and another 10 minutes to cook. 

1. Sauteed garlic (chopped roughly) and ginger (diced finely) in olive oil. Sprinkled rosemary and basil herbs. Black pepper. Added 2 small cups of filtered water.

2. Boiled water. Added sea salt and a few drops of olive oil. Added spaghetti. Turned off fire when HALF-cook. Drained. Rinsed with cold water for a springy texture.

3. Sauce now bubbling. Poured the spaghetti in. Gave it a good toss. Added a pinch of sea salt. Covered with lid. Simmered briefly. Removed cover, added chopped red chillies (should also add chopped coriander, but we ran out of that) and closed the lid again. Counted to 10 and removed lid. The idea is have the chillies cooked a little so that they weren't raw. Tossed the spaghetti again. 

4. Served with a simple side salad. Drizzled some flaxseed oil on top for the omega benefits.

Absolutely lip-smackin' delicious. The pasta noodles were very very tasty, having simmered in the sauce although just briefly. The ginger gave a tangy, hot-tish taste to the dish. A excellent combination of garlic and ginger. :D

To Sum Up : One shaker of The Green Drink & 2 meals.
Fruits. Water.

I was told that the protein powder in our company (Viva Plus) is currently SOLD OUT. New batch should be arriving the coming week. :D

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