MataHari

Pasta...with bacon, mushrooms, onion, garlic, Boursin, grated cheese and a salad on the side...

Grace O Malley

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Barrie

MataHari Do you heat the bacon, mushrooms, onion, garlic, Boursin, grated cheese to make a sauce, then add to the pasta?

MataHari

I first fry the bacon and put it on kitchenroll to get rid of the excess fat, and then I use a little bit of the greasy to fry the onions, garlic and then add the mushrooms...after a little while I add the Boursin and the cheese. In the meantime, the pasta has cooked, I add that and at the last moment I add the crumbled bacon over it...if you do that earlier it gets soggy and I like it to be crispy...

Barrie

Sounds excellent. Think I will give it a try.

Cheers.

Madam Medusa

omg MH, what's up doll...??

MM, xx

MataHari

you reckon it's not my kind of thing...

Madam Medusa

well i didn't til now, for sure...

MM, xx

IndieG

This is what we're having - the cook's day off today, so:

Husband: Made Pasta (for the youngest); Green Lentils; Pulao

Daughter 1: Made some yummy potato curry (self taught!)

Me: Just had dinner! Now feeding the younger one.

Me in the afternoon: Made lunch (actually warmed up what my cook made yesterday, but made fresh rotis and naans)

Barrie

Is it common for expats to have cooks and maids in Dubai?

Madam Medusa

talking of food, i went to the new Frankie Dettori/Marco Pierre White restaurant for lunch today...it's really good...

MM, xx

Madam Medusa

maids are pretty common, and i know some people get them to do the cooking...but not aware of any people who have a separate coook...oh apart from IG it seems, lol...

MM, xx

IndieG

Depends, in my case since I am in office from 8-5, I prefer to have a maid and a cook. When I return home, I like to spend time with the kids and relax, not cook and clean.

MataHari

I do it all myself...which will come as no surprise...
(well, I do have a cleaner type person that does things with buckets of water 3 times a week...)

IndieG

Frankly, if I had a choice I'd prefer to do the cleaning myself (think I'd do a much better job than the maids I've had so far!!). The main reason for having them is to babysit my kids for a couple of hours until I return from work....