Good Times with Del Monte Pasta

 

 

Spending time with family after a tiring day at work is the best thing. It’s like a stress buster. And nothing is better when such moments are coupled with yummy snacks. It was last week when I first cooked Pasta for my family. Though I am an average cook, but to my surprise it turned out well. 

So here is my simple recipe:-

Serves four people

Preparation time – 25 - 30 min.

Ingredients:-

Del Monte Pasta – 300 gm.

Chopped – One onion, 5-6 cloves of garlic, 2-3 green chilies

Fresh Cream 50gm

Tomato sauce - Two table spoon.

Chopped – Red and Yellow pepper

Salt as per taste.

Oregano one table spoon

Olive oil 2 table spoon

                   

                                     

Boil Del Monte Pasta in salted water for around 10 min, but check that it does not become too mushy.

Add 2 table spoon of olive oil in the pan and heat it, Saute Garlic, onion and add chopped green chilies, red and yellow pepper to it, do not overcook them, continue on medium flame for 5 min. Add drained pasta to it and mix well. Take it away from heat. Add fresh cream, tomato sauce to it. Sprinkle Oregano and serve.

 

Priceless Gift

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I have always heard and read that life is a gift of God, live it well. It’s a beautiful creation of God, seeing a newborn coming out of a mother’s womb is something much more than any miracle. It’s a blessing.

Life is full of happiness and sadness. Pain, sorrow, smiles, laughter all go hand in hand.

Going through my morning newspaper, I read an article on organ donation and I was engulfed with some guilt and shame as I haven’t registered myself yet for this most important moral responsibility. I read further that parents of a three year old girl in Kerala donated her organs to a boy of five years, when she was declared brain dead by the doctors. How brave of her parents to take one such immediate decision of saving somebody else’s life, in spite of their own loss.

Lack of awareness I must say is still the hurdle in spreading the right message to the public, many people are still packed in the cage of stigma, wrong believes. I have heard people saying and believing that unnecessary cuts in a dead body made to take out the organs will lead to evil curse upon the family, the deceased person will find no place even in hell, or shall be reborn with deformities. How insane. There is no greater happiness in this world than the joy of giving. Care and share are the thumb rule to lead a fulfilling life. So many people die due to lack of healthy organs for transplanting.

                                     (Data Source  - Here)

We live our entire life for ourselves, our families, our friends, why can’t we be available for someone in need when we are ready to leave for heavenly abode. Just imagine, this is one such delightful feeling.

On this very day my husband and I pledge to donate every bit of our healthy organs, to the one in need.

Feeling determined and full of empathy I continue to hum my song of the day -…

 “Madhuban khushbu deta hai, saagar saawan deta hai

 Jina usaka jina hai, jo auro ko jivan deta hai

 Madhuban khushbu deta hai......"

                                               (Data Source - Here)