Quick and easy meal,
Spaghetti for comfort's sake,
Warmth in every bite.

Hello foodies! Last night I was a little lazy to go outside and buy some ingredients from the market. Luckily we have some spaghetti packs lying around and a little bit of everything on my shelf.

Today I will share with you a very Filipino way of cooking pasta, sweet style! Here are the ingredients.

Sweet Filipino Pasta

500g of Spaghetti Noodles
500g of Sweet Spaghetti Sauce
1 spoon of Condensed Milk
5 cloves of garlic
1 onion
1/2 can of liver spread as you see in the photo hehe
1/4 Kl of ground meat
A pinch of brown sugar depends on your sugar level :)
Salt and Pepper to taste

Not all Filipinos use some ingredients here, but this is what my tastebud is accustomed to and what I usually look for a spaghetti.

To start, I first cook the noodles for 9 minutes, this is my sweet spot to get that al dente-ness of a pasta noodle. In boiling water, I add salt and a little bit of cooking oil. Adding salt to the water gives the pasta a flavor, sometimes I add pepper too. The cooking oil prevents the pasta noodles from sticking together while they are being cooked.

At exactly 9 minutes, I strain the pasta and let it cool. I also set aside some pasta water if I needed it for the sauce.

Now for the sauce, I just chopped the onion and minced the garlic for frying. Until the garlic is cooked to golden brown and the onions are a little bit transparent I add the ground pork meat.

Saute the ground pork until it everything is cooked. I just love tossing food, not that it is necessary but I just love the sensation of quickly mixing the ingredient together.

Once the meat is cooked, you can now add the liver spread and sweet-style spaghetti sauce. Once it is boiling that's the time to put the condensed milk. The condensed milk will add a sweet and creamy flavor to the dish it is a secret to make children eat more of my pasta.

After all of that is done add salt and pepper to taste. I also add some chili pepper or cayenne pepper sometimes to balance the sweetness and spice of my dish. Because I believe that my dishes should always have a balance between the flavor profiles.

Once you are satisfied with the taste and the sauce is at a boil you can now start plating. Pour the sauce on your pasta noodles and viola! A very quick and easy comfort snack for a child at heart like me.

To be honest, I personally don't like the consistency of the spaghetti sauce so I recommend you buy a different brand.

And this is me enjoying the sweet Filipino-style spaghetti!

Reflective questions:

What does comfort mean to you?
How does food play a role in providing comfort?
How can we find balance between comfort food and maintaining a healthy diet?

Famous quotes:

"There is no love sincerer than the love of food." - George Bernard Shaw
"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast." - John Gunther
"Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate." - Alan D. Wolfelt

_{All shots are from my phone. I don't have a professional camera but I am saving up some money to buy one.}

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