I have been wanting to make these. A cute little fun dessert and would be a fun conversation piece to lighten the mood is the convo turns too serious.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/activities/recipes/cake-pops/

but dont ask me about main dishes I fail at those.

i know a better website than kdice that could help you find what you're looking for, it is called google, give it a try !

seriously, easy and wonderful : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara

a wikipedia link??? that guy who wrote last message is dumb !

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4057/dead-good-spaghetti-carbonara
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1) Boil a large pan of water and cook the pasta following the packet instructions. Meanwhile, heat a knob of butter in a small frying pan and cook the shallot, garlic and bacon for 5-7 minutes until golden. Beat together the eggs, cream, most of the Parmesan and plenty of ground black pepper.
2) Drain the spaghetti and return to the pan, off the heat. Add the shallot and egg mixtures and toss together until the pasta is evenly coated. Divide between two bowls then scatter the rest of the Parmesan over, with a grinding of black pepper to serve.
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I usually put onions instead of shallots, but i guess that could work too.

pasta with bacon and creamy tomato sauce (they called it spaghetti fine del mondo in the restaurant where I ate it first)
this should serve 6-8 but I never measure ingredients when I cook so it's estimates.


* 1200 g tomato sauce (a bolognese base sauce but you can simply used canned peeled tomatoes or something)
* 800 g bacon (the diced into tiny pieces version)
* 2-3 onions or a few echalottes
* butter or olive oil to fry the onion and bacon (before you add the sauce)
* as much garlic as you dare to put in
* add oregano/basil/pepper if you like, just don't add extra salt

* you can prepare this sauce in advance , then reheat it after you added the cream (400-500 ml)

adding cheese on top is optional but I usually add grated emmental and some mozarella on top

very easy to do, nothing fancy but imo perfect when you have friends over with little free time in the kitchen. My guess is you need less than 10 minutes in the kitchen while your friends are there. And all ingredients can be bought days in advance.

At this point in life I was supposed to know how to cook already, but I can't even get my coffee right, damn.