Chorizo Carbonara … Catalan Market Salad

Posted by Kenny on 30 October 2015

This is the first time i’ve cooked against the clock for 18 months, to be honest i’m a bit nervous. I was a bit nervous before doing my first ever Fifteen Minute Meal but after having cooked all these meals before I know it’s a bit ridiculous being nervous before cooking a bit of pasta for some friends … but there we go.

I picked this meal for two reasons 1) it was very, very nice the first time round; and 2) I wanted to give myself an easy start. This was meal I did in time on the first go and reading that post back again it seems like I did it without any real stress. I’m also really pretty comfortable cooking this type of food.

Like last time I do not have a red and green chicory; I only have a green one. I do now know where to get red chicory, but I didn’t fancy the walk to Waitrose just to get one red chicory.

This is a really tasty meal. I have sort of lost the wonder that its possible to make such a nice meal in such a short space of time. But its worth just stopping for a minute to appreciate that. A really nice meal in less than fifteen minutes. Also, bearing in mind this is a carbonara, its actually pretty healthy. Low fat yogurt instead of cream. A small amount of meat (but enough to be tasty). And a massive salad.

I cooked this for the lovely Becca and Maria before our home group. The photos of me cooking were taken curtsey of Becca.

Who with: Becca and Maria

How long: Fourteen Minutes and twenty six seconds