Pray, Love Eat

Pray. Love. Eat. I would say in that order! However, with the movie Eat, Pray Love coming to theaters and my favorite actress, Julia Roberts leading the way I am interested. I'm interested to know what it would be like to drop everything and go. Go to as many different places as I can and soak up the culture and food and scenery. Go and find new people with new stories. Go to taste new foods and smell "new" air. I would love it. Recently I read an article about the amount of food that Julia Roberts consumed while filming this movie and after reading that she would rave about the delicious food, I decided that I would find the recipes and try them out myself. So, last night was the first night of my One Week-One Meal plan. Since I work at night sometimes we don't often have the opportunity to have family dinners so I'm challenging myself to make a new meal every week. Last night I made Spaghetti alla Carbonera. Um, wait a minute. Did we leave our house and enter an amazing little restaurant in Italy or is this food fantastic? Nope, we're home and it is delish! Joey shoveled in two helpings and told me we should have this ALWAYS! With three different kinds of Italian cheese, really what could be better? I decided to use whole wheat pasta and add some summer squash for a veggie. I'm not bragging but move over Martha, Rachel Rae and Emeril Lagasse. I'm onto something here. So, on top of my 365 day photo blog I am also challenging myself to a weekly kitchen creation. Looks good so far, huh? What to have next week...?