Pasta Carbonara

(Jenny-momslashchef)

All the above ideas are great, but one I haven't seen mentioned yet is my favorite easy dinner: spaghetti carbonara.

I boil spaghetti or fettuccini until al dente, save 1 cup of pasta water, drain and set pasta aside.

In pan add a few slices of bacon, chopped, and saute until crisp. Throw in some frozen peas, let them warm through, then throw in the cooked pasta. Add a few tablespoons of pasta water. Meanwhile, whisk 2 eggs, a lot of pepper, some salt and a handful of grated parm, dump over the pasta bacon mixture and stir, stir, stir until the eggs go from eggy looking to a pale yellow coating over the pasta, add tablespoons of pasta water as needed to keep it from drying out and to get the sauce to the right consistency.  Serve with more cheese.

This is my absolutely favorite pasta, and is very easy and fast. You can add a tablespoon or two of heavy cream to the egg mixture if you want, you can also just use egg yolks instead of the whole eggs if you want a richer sauce.