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DATE: 2019-05-02
MOOD: CONTENT
MUSIC: MY MIRROR SPEAKS BY DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE

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I'm going to give this blogging thing a try. I have another blog, but I
would like one that I can talk a little more freely on.

Today, I cooked some chicken pasta together with my fiance and it
turned out pretty good. I'm a big fan of cooking and so I expect this
blog will have a lot of cooking content on it that I'd rather not
clutter my main one with.

The school semester is wrapping up. I'm in grad school so that means
only a few classes, but I'm still left with one test, which is
tomorrow. This is a class I haven't been to in almost a month, so
tomorrow morning will be a lot of studying.

Other than that, I'm feeling really good. I've been a little down
lately, but not today. I expect I'll talk more about being down when it
happens again, hopefully not soon though.

Oh, and I 3D printed something useful today which was fun. I'm really
enjoying my printer, even if it's a pain in the ass sometimes. It's
just very comforting to know that I went from a big spool of plastic to
something that is actually useful in my day to day life.

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Recipe: Spicy Chicken Pasta

While everything else is cooking, boil some water with salt and add
angel hair pasta. Strain after 4 minutes and keep to the side.

Chop 1 chicken breast into filets and heat up a large cast iron pan
with olive oil. Add the chicken once hot and season with salt/pepper.
Flip every 3-4 minutes until cooked through (10 minutes).

Remove chicken and add 5 oz of cool water to deglaze the pan. Add 2
chopped onions, some diced and some a longer pieces.

Prepare a sauce mixture of: chipotle chile pepper, olive oil, minced
pepper [1], crushed red pepper flakes, freshly minced garlic, garlic
powder, garlic salt, roasted garlic seasoning [2], smoked paprika,
Florida seasoned pepper, onion powder, and brown sugar. Mix together
and add to the pan.

Let cook for 3 minutes while chopping chicken into smaller strips. Add
this to the pan along with the pasta and serve.

[1]: I don't remember what type. I'm not really big on the pepper
nomenclature, but these were maybe pinky sized and 2 inches long and
green.

[2]: We like garlic.

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