Traditional carbonara sauce has an egg and cheese sauce added to the spaghetti just before serving. I don’t care for eggs added to things at the last minute, so I eliminated the eggs and sauce and came up with my own version of carbonara. I hope you’ll like it as much as we do.
6 slices thick bacon
Divide bacon into 4
and 2 slices. Prepare 4 slices for microwaving by placing between 2 paper
towels on a microwave safe plate. Microwave for 3 minutes until crisp. Remove
from paper while still warm and crumble.
Dice remaining 2
slices and place in a large skillet, cooking until crisp.
While bacon is
cooking, boil water for spaghetti and cook as directed on package until pasta
is firm. Drain fully when cooked.
While pasta is
cooking, sauté ham and zucchini with diced bacon until zucchini is tender.
Drain any excess
liquid from the pan.
Add olives and
cooked drained spaghetti to zucchini and bacon, tossing to mix.
Remove from heat and
add parmesan cheese, tossing quickly to keep cheese from clumping.
Top with crumbled
bacon and serve.
Makes 2 generous main dish servings or 4 side dishes.
Note: additional cheese may be sprinkled on top of pasta
after serving, if desired.
This dish makes up
quick, so you won’t have time to read a book while it’s cooking, but after the
dishes are done, check out Catherine’s sweet romantic comedy with a touch of drama, A Groom For Mama. Here’s a snippet…
Beverly
Walters is dying, and before she goes she has one wish—to find a groom for her
daughter. To get the deed done, Mama enlists the dating service of Jack
Somerset, Allison’s former boyfriend.
The last
thing corporate-climbing Allison wants is a husband. Furious with Mama’s
meddling, and a bit more interested in Jack than she wants to admit, Allison
agrees to the scheme as long as Mama promises to search for a cure for her
terminal illness.
A
cross-country trip from Nevada to Ohio ensues, with a string of disastrous
dates along the way, as the trio hunts for treatment and A Groom For Mama.
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Multi-award
winning author
Catherine Castle loves writing. Before beginning her career as a romance writer she
worked part-time as a freelance writer. She has over 600 articles and
photographs to her credit, under her real name, in the Christian and secular
market. She also lays claim to over 300 internet articles written on a variety
of subjects and several hundred poems. In addition to writing she loves
reading, traveling, singing, theatre, quilting and gardening. She’s a passionate
gardener whose garden won a “Best Hillside Garden” award from the local
gardening club. She writes sweet and inspirational romances.
