Aligue Pasta with Baby Shrimps

It's a heart attack on a plate! Crab fat pasta with baby shrimps! I've missed aligue. I used to love it as a kid but haven't had it in a while. Today I decided to reward myself for no reason at all by eating ridiculously calorie rich crab fat! On the upside, I used brown pasta instead of white. That makes it a little bit healthier, right? 

So it's rather easy to make. Just sautee some garlic and onions, throw in the baby shrimps, sautee some more and then add the aligue. Sprinkle some chili flakes and lemon juice..toss in the pasta and you're done! 

Happy eating!

Lazy Sunday

There's nothing quite like comfort food on a lazy Spring Sunday. I have a long list of comfort food and cookies are definitely in the top 10. I went grocery shopping yesterday and I saw these organic cocoa cookies made in Brazil that looked yummy so I decided to try them and they were yummy! I finished the whole box (around 12 cookies) in about 3 sittings. Plus I made a strawberry-mango yogurt shake which was also very comforting.  

Next week and the week after that are going to be craaaazyy busy so I'm going to enjoy what looks like my last lazy Sunday for April. 

Ooh, to digress, I picked flowers today! It's fantastic how many of these pretty yellow flowers grow absolutely everywhere around Innbsruck. I think they're giving me hay fever though--but they're so pretty!! totally worth it  :)

 

Adobo and brown rice

It's Spring in Innsbruck! The days are longer and the flowers are starting to bloom. Work has been really hectic since I got back from Dublin so this weekend was a very welcome break. It was nice enough to eat outside today so that's what I did! I made pork adobo and had a lovely lunch on my porch/balcony/veranda whatever you call it. I loovvee adobo--it reminds me of home. :)


To make it I just sauteed some garlic and onions, added the pork--fried it until brown..then I added the vinegar and soy sauce (I don't measure when I cook, sorry!) I let the pork absorb the flavors for a few minutes then I added some beef stock..I let it boil until the pork was tender then I fried the pork again in oil and added the sauce from the pan with some flour to thicken it. It's a long process but well worth it for some good ol' adobo. 


On an unrelated note, I discovered a new bike path yesterday..it went along the river and the views were absolutely breath-taking. I went back today to take pictures. Yesterday, I was able to do 12 kms..will try to go farther next time :)


Happy Spring everyone!