Aspirations

I started my job at woman&home today. I felt giddy, excited to be starting in a new role where everything is unfamiliar to me - but also a bit scared and apprehensive. Questions started drifting in and out of my head as I spent the whole day flipping through past issues and browsing the intranet. What if this is not the job for me? How can I progree further? How long will it take for me to reach my goals? Maybe it's the first day jitters making me feel uneasy, and perhaps I should be easier on myself. I have set high career objectives for myself that I don't think are impossible to reach - though it will take a lot of hard work and hopefully the right risks to get where I want to be.

Well, tomorrow is a new day and hopefully more of my questions will be answered as time progresses in my new role here.

After a hard days work (okay, so I started at 10.45am and spent the day reading mags...I doubt this will be a regular occurence!), all I wanted to do was make myself a nice pasta with a glass of wine. I was tempted to buy this Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food cookbook at this book sale I came across during lunch today. It was 10 pounds though, and I rationalised with myself...would I ever really use this book, considering I whip something up with whatever ingredients I have in the fridge? I don't usually follow recipies either. One thing I did take away from Mr. Oliver's fine food wisdom was to salt the water before cooking pasta. And that I did tonight! I am actually really proud of myself as I made the yummiest pasta ever!

Ingredients:
Organic brown spaghetti from M&S
Can of peeled tomatoes
King prawns
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Rocket, spinach and watercress leaves
Grated mozzarella cheese
Fresh chillies
Sea salt
Ground peppercorns
Olive oil
Half an onion finely diced

Heat pan, drizzle in some olive oil when the pan is hot and also the diced onions
Once the onions are clear and have softened slightly, pour in half - 3/4 can of the diced tomatoes
Sprinkle some ground peppercorns to taste
Mix in the fresh chillies (I bought a jar of pre-sliced ones from M&S that work just as well)
Stir and then add the prawns
Lastly, add the cauliflower and broccoli florets
Allow this to simmer for 10-15 minutes

Meanwhile...

Lay some of the spinach/watercress/rocket leaves on a plate

Prepare the spaghetti with some boiled water, adding sea salt which will add flavour to the
spaghetti once it's cooked.
Drain spaghetti and place this on top of the salad leaves

Once the sauce has been cooked, simply pour over what you want onto the spaghetti, toss and sprinkle a generous serving of mozzarella or whatever cheese you prefer. Bon Appetit!

M xo