Polish Kielbasa Spaghetti

 

Song:  Linger

Group:  The Cranberries

Bummer:  My elder sister and her husband won't be coming after all.

My sister's husband is not feeling well...

and they are both so tired after their cross country tour...

but, she says she will come in a couple of months.

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Today...

I felt like eating an Italian style meal...

so...

I decided to boil a whole package of spaghetti 

and slice up two packages of Polish Kielbasa.

This was the first time I had made it...

but it was absolutely delicious. 

Hillshire Farm makes the best sausages

(and the best hot dogs are Hebrew Nationals).

As I sit here reviewing my article...

I realized a grievous mistake I had made...

although it didn't much matter this time...

as these meat products are fully cooked.

I had stupidly used the veggie cutting board to slice up the meat

(I also use different knives for each).

In order to prevent cross contamination of uncooked meat to veggies...

the meat of which may contain certain dangerous strains of bacteria...

which when cooked, destroy them...

but on cutting boards...

if the uncooked meat is first cut on the board...

even though it is carefully washed afterwards...

it is very bad practice...

and could lead to food borne illness.

After slicing up the sausages...

I put them into a wok on medium high heat.

As the sausages come already fully cooked...

I just heated them up and seared the outside.

After straining the spaghetti...

...I put the noodles into a large mixing bowl...

and drizzled over some olive oil.

I do this to not only add a bit of flavor...

but to allow the seasoning to stick to each noodle.

I used two heaping handfuls of this seasoning.

I then thoroughly mixed in the seasoning.

Then came the sausage.

I then mixed everything all together.

As there were plenty of leftovers...

I put them into a couple of glass containers...

 and then into the fridge...

for another day.

My meal was so delicious.

I will be sure to make this particular dish every so often in the future.

My usual accompanying veggie for most of my meals...

 is Sauerkraut. 

Bandi always waits patiently for me to feed her part of all my meals.

Bandi is simply just too cute to resist.

After my meal...

I spent some time looking at the views...

and then retired to my room to type up this article.

I now have another easy to prepare...

and delicious to eat...

meal.

It really is so flavorful.

This is another must try dish.

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In just another couple of months...

my life is going to take a dramatic turn...

one I am anticipating to be a very happy change...

and one that will be the ending of an almost 10 year era...

and the starting of a new one filled with adventure.

I will write all about it in a couple of months.