Hasselback Potatoes

Ingredients-
Potatoes-2 washed properly
Olive Oil- 2 Tbsp
Dried Oregano- 1 Tbsp
Dried Basil- 1 Tbsp
Pepper-1 Tsp
Salt- To Taste

Method- Preheat the oven at 220°C. Thinly slice the potatoes making sure they are not cut all the way through and are held together at the bottom. In a bowl, take 1 Tbsp Oil. Add in pepper powder. Take the potatoes, one at a time and roll them in the oil. Place them in the oven.
After 15 mins, take out the potatoes. They must have opened up from the slits while being cooked. Mix the remaining oil, oregano, basil and salt in a bowl. Brush this mix inside the slits in the potatoes as well as outside. Place the potatoes back in the oven for 10 more mins until they turns crisp from outside. Serve hot

New Recipe- Penne in Bolognese Sauce(Veg/Non Veg)

Ingredients:
Penne- 500 Gms
Olive Oil- 2 Tbsp
Garlic-Minced- 2 Tbsp
Onion- Chopped- 1 Medium
Carrot- Chopped- 1 whole
Soya Granules- 1 Cup/ Minced Meat- 1 Cup
Tomato Puree 2 Cups
Fun Foods Pizza Sauce- 1 Tbsp(Optional)
Tomato Ketchup- 2 Tbsp
Fresh Basil Leaves- 8-10
Oregano- Dried- 1 Tbsp
Pepper- 1 Tsp
Salt-To Taste
Cheddar Cheese- 2 Tbsp
Mozzarella Cheese- 2 Tbsp

Method-
Heat Olive oil in a Kadai. Add Garlic. Saute for a minute on medium flame. Add chopped onions and Saute until transparent. Add in the carrots and saute further for 2 minutes. At this point add Soya/Meat and saute for 4-5 mins until done. Add in the tomato puree, Basil leaves, Oregano, Pepper and Salt. Cook till all the water evaporates.
In a Saucepan cook the penne in salted water until Al Dente. When done drain them keeping 1 cup of the water aside. Add the water and cooked Pasta in the kadai and mix properly. Let the pasta absorb all the sauce and let the sauce thicken. Add in Cheese and serve Hot and Fresh.

Random day, random show, random cooking.

So to fill today's depressing day I decided to cook some chicken. I'll start off with a Her crusted chicken breast and pair it with some Spaghetti instead of going the usual meatballs way. I have a beautiful herb garden with fresh herbs like thyme, oregano, rosemary, parsley, dill, basil and celery all growing. I'll incorporate some fresh herbs with fresh breadcrumbs to form a crisp crust on the chicken breast.  Lets see how it turns out.
Other than my love for cooking today I am catching up on some random episodes of Ugly Betty. I just came across this show last year and this is my second time binge watching the show. America Ferrera is seriously brilliant in the show as Betty. I love that their are so many brilliant characters in the show. I really love the character of Justin as well and I absolutely adore the friendship between Daniel Meade and Betty. I just started the final season of the show and Betty has just been promoted to be a features editor at Mode over Mark and oh boy he is so not taking it well. Yikes!! I love how Betty is different but at the same time so confident being herself and not letting what others say about her get to her. Women characters like her really inspire me. So lets see how long I take to finish up with the last season(Hint: not very long) and see how I attempt to fill up that empty space within me with a new fiction show.
Job hunt still on. I wish it was a little easy though. Till then its up to my first love of cooking/baking and 2nd love of Fiction shows to fill up my time and distract me!

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So I am sitting here, on my laptop binge watching yet another TV Show, lost in it, invested in it for the nth time, almost completely invested in it yet having a nagging feeling in the back of my mind how time is passing by for me, things are not working out professionally or personally and instead of going into a bender I choose to distract myself with Fiction. Good fiction, Interesting fiction but still fiction. As the media stops I feel lonely surrounded by family yet lonely. Too fed up and broke to catch up with any friends, can't log into facebook and scroll through old acquaintances' posts about enjoying life and too closed up to actually talk to anyone and face life. Just needing the show to continue on forever and keep my world full of fiction and my mind busy. Today on this day I got the courage to do the next best thing to sharing my feelings with my family or friends, sharing it with the world, Anonymously. I cannot be the only one who feels this way right? Cannot be the only one who hides behind a world of fiction to get away from real life and real life problems. So in this blog I'll write about my frustrations yes, for like 5% of the time, the other 95% you ask? Well if my Real life is 95% Fiction then how can my anonymous life be any different.