carbonara

In a frying pan cook a diced onion, a clove of chopped garlic, a handful of mushrooms and about 300g diced bacon until cooked. In a separate saucepan cook 400g-ish of pasta according to packet instructions. Drain the pasta when cooked and add to it the cooked bacon mixture and 6 egg yolks, 160ml cream and about 70g grated/shaved parmesan. Cook on a very low heat (if you over cook it the eggs get a bit scrambled) until the egg/cream mixture is thicker and has evenly coated the pasta. Add some cracked black pepper and more parmesan before serving.

Husband rated this $1.80. Apparently it would have been nicer with spaghetti instead of penne. I like penne, less messy to eat. The kid will have this for lunch tomorrow. She's had it before and loved it (but she doesn't like bacon).