The Screw's Pasta in Ricotta Cheese

Pasta, preferably Spaghetti,
Ricotta Cheese in a jar, preferably Brand X.

Optional :
Honey or Cherry Tomatoes, about 15, sliced in two.
1 piece of shallots, sliced and then diced into even smaller ones.


Boil water, add salt, after the water is boiling, add in Pasta. Cook for the next 5-15 minutes. People like to recommend al dente (springy) but I like mine till it's big and soft.

Drained water then put Pasta in a bowl. Add half a teaspoon of Olive Oil and mix to the Pasta to prevent it from sticking to each other.

Heat a medium skillet, put in half a teaspoon of Olive Oil. When it's hot, add in those Optional Ingredients. Cook for 3 minutes on high heat. Add Ricotta Cheese a little bit of water and stir. Cook for another 3 to 5 minutes. Then it's ready to be served on top of pasta.

The Screw's Cabbage Dolma

Prep and cooking time depends very much on how lazy you are. The lazier you are in spending time in your kitchen, the faster you get things done.

Ingredient :

• Cabbage leaves, boiled for half to 1 minute each for wrap.
• Minced meat, the size of two fists, sauteed for 2-3 minutes in a medium skillet.
• 1 tablespoon of Olive oil, to saute minced beef/chicken.
• 3 pieces of scallions chopped into tiny pieces.
• 2 pieces of garlic chopped into tiny pieces.
• Half cup of cooked rice.
• Tomato puree, in a can. Any brand will do.
• Half of a shallot, sliced.
• 2 tablespoon of melted butter.
• Salt & pepper to taste.

Mix together the following : Minced meat, scallions, garlic, cooked rice, melted butter, salt (3 shakes) & pepper (5 shakes or more).

Heat your oven for 3-5 minutes, making sure it's set to heat all four sides. I'm using a small oven like this..

Meantime, take two spoonful of the mixture and wrap with cabbage leave. Do for the rest.

Once done, take aluminium foil, brush with little bit of butter, line with extra cabbage leaves, sliced shallots, and tomato puree. Arranged 2 or 3 cabbage wrap on top of it. On top of it, put some more cabbage leaves, sliced shallots and tomato puree.

Arrange few more of the cabbage wrap in another aluminium foil, making sure it's slight brushed with butter. This time, do away with extra cabbage leave, shallots and tomato puree.

Wrap both and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes max, then it's ready to be served.

You may also want to try wrap each cabbage wrap individually with aluminium foil.

Hello World!

I am the Screw and this shall be my cookbook, the pisspot, the earth, my butt and other round things. For everything else that does not fit in, there must be a way to screw it. Somehow.

Recipes posted have already been altered to change my tastebud and laziness, done in the laziest, easiest way with many shortcuts in between. Afterall, although I love food, I must say that I am a terribly lazy cook. I don't like spending time in the kitchen.

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