Learn How to Cook Something

The first step on my cooking journey was to look for some advice when it comes to cooking. In my family, I have always been known as the worst cook, while my sister, at a young age, could help my mom with our family dinners. I turned to the internet and found this article that gave some beginner advice for cooking.

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This article was helpful in showing me some aspects of cooking to pay attention to, especially the idea of fresh ingredients. Therefore, before I cooked, I headed to the store. 

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The meal I decided on for this blog was a vodka pasta dish with a salad. I have always been a pasta fan, so I thought it would be cool to try a new type of pasta that differs from my usual tomato sauce. So, over the past weekend, I attempted to make vodka pasta following a recipe. Inspired by Gigi Hadid’s pasta recipes I had seen on TikTok, I followed this recipe.

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The first step was to go down the street to buy heavy cream and other ingredients such as garlic and onion. As I made my way to Whole Foods, I did feel sort of overwhelmed at first by the surplus of food and ingredients around me. However, I was ready to begin cooking when I found what I needed. 

After that, I began to cook the pasta using the ingredients listed on that website. I first fried the oil, cautiously ensuring it did not burn. Then I put in the onions and garlic while the pasta water began to boil. I thought it was important to time the sauce and pasta right. As I cooked, I listened to Christmas music to help make the process go faster and did my best to pay attention to how much time everything was cooking. When I was about halfway through, I realized there was a problem with the sauce. Although I had followed the recipe, it looked a little too thick and little. I cut some tomatoes (the recipe had tomato paste) and added them to the sauce. I also added more heavy cream, which I think was a good decision. After that step, the pasta was pretty much boiled, and I added the sauce on top. 

Overall Take: 

I went into the cooking with high hopes, and the pasta came out somewhat well. The sauce still felt a little too thick, but the taste was decent, and I could still enjoy it. Looking back, I think I added too much onion and not enough tomato paste and garlic. Adding the tomatoes did help but gave it a regular tomato sauce taste. It was still pretty good, though, and I think I learned what I need to fix for the next time I make it. My family also enjoyed the leftovers, so I can count them as successful. I’m excited to continue to learn new recipes to cook.