Wednesday- Asparacetta Pasta

Stayed tuned until the bottom to meet my new running companion, and learn about one I have recently banned!

Chef’s Notes: What do you get when you combine Asparagus/Pancetta/Pasta. I think you know :) Our run got rained out yesterday so we did our quick 3 miles today and thus I moved our carbier to tonight to replenish our glycogen stores. So I read my sports nutrition textbooks from college? I paid am paying good money for them, may as well use them to our advantage!

Plan of Attack:

1. Reconstitute mushrooms

2. Bake Pancetta

3. Boil noodles & asparagus

Ingredients for 2:

4 oz pasta of choice cooked according to package directions

4 slices pancetta

½ bundle of asparagus, trimmed and cut into ½” pieces (the rest will be made into this on Friday)

1 oz dried oyster mushrooms (or 4 oz fresh)

2 garlic cloves, minced

Pecorino Romano, grated

Dressing-

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 ½ Tbsp red wine vinegar

1 tsp lemon juice

Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees
2. Reconstitute mushrooms according to package
3. Boil according to package directions adding asparagus to the pot during the last 3 ½ minutes. Drain; and add to skillet
4. Bake pancetta for 6 minutes. Carefully diced and add to pasta mixture
5. In a small bowl combine dressing ingredients: olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, salt & pepper
6. Add dressing, mushrooms and garlic to the pasta and toss to coat
7. Enjoy!

I have been bugging SmithCale about this watch for literally weeks. I had been using a free running app on my iPhone, but it soon became painfully obvious it was really off. Case in point, on our first 5K it said I only ran 2.98 miles...

SmithCale found that it was on MAJOR sale on Amazon, so we jumped on it! Lemme tell you, it's amazing!

So what if it gives me cancer? What in our society WON'T give me cancer.

Also, I've been keeping something secret: I'm a recovering gum addict.

I'm now on day #6 of being gum-free.

Why give up gum? Well I was chewing like 3 packs a week. I know, crazy. But, also while reading my nifty textbooks it said that if you're suffering from the feeling of "rapid transit" while running (Yes, you assume correctly what that means), that it may because of the sweetner Sorbitol used in sugarless gum.

Since I stopped cold turkey last week, I haven't had that feeling anymore while running. That's including our long run (4.5 mi.) on Sunday which has usually been my most "rapid" feeling runs. As an added bonus it has also cut my snack cravings until they barely exist.

Just something to chew on.

Food for Life,

the SupperSmiths, forging one meal at a time