Cooking: Pasta with Mushrooms in Garlic Butter Sauce

Wanted to share a not so healthy (depends on who you ask) recipe I have been making. 

Ingredients:

1/2 package of sliced mushrooms (about 1 C)

2-3 cloves of Garlic (minced)

2-3 Tbsp Butter

1/3 package of pasta (I like whole wheat thin spagetti)

Parmesan cheese (optional)

Directions:

1) Cook pasta per package directions (remember to salt your water). Drain and set aside.

2) In a small fry pan, melt butter on medium heat

3) As soon as the butter melts add the minced garlic. Stir a few moments to infuse the butter.

4) Add the mushrooms and cook on low until mushrooms are tender.

5) Add pasta to the fry pan with garlic butter and mushrooms. Stir around to incorporate the butter and pasta.

6) Serve. Add parmesan on top if desired. 

July Challenge Update

My cleaning is going well so far. I really don't like posting about cleaning because it makes me feel/sound like I am normally a slob...it could be true, but I live by the rule that if you keep things somewhat tidy then there is less need to deep clean a lot. Now that I have made cleaning my mission, I might be retinking that philosophy. So I am going to try to be honest in this blog and tell the truth...no matter how slob-like it sounds. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to make the necessary changes in your life, no matter how big or small. So lets get into it already...

Almost done with the surface cleaning, next will be the deeper cleaning.

Surface cleaning: 

I mopped all of the floors and being more consistent with the sweeping. We have 2 pugs, so after a couple of days the hair really accumulates. 

I wiped down all of the appliances with stainless steal cleaner (honestly, might have done that once in 4 years...but we wipe them with other cleaners every once in awhile). 

Wash the pugs...they can be a handful after a wash, haha! Cute, but a handful.

Washed all of the surfaces in my bathroom. It smells nice and lemony fresh.

Next week's tasks:

Wash the shower curtain...I read a pintrest post about a cleaning schedule and one of the monthly tasks was to wash the shower curtain...we always just get a new one when it gets dirty...so I shall try washing it.

Go through the hurricane supplies to see what needs to be refreshed and reorganized.

Clean my car! For one thing, it is Florida in the summer...it is so hot to be climbing all over the car...but it needs to be done. Thorough cleaning is in order. 

Those are the main tasks for this coming week. I will be posting some cleaning tips soon!

I am finding that I break the 15 minute rule a lot right now. Once I start a task it is difficult for me to stop after 15 minutes. Once everything is done, I think the maintenance will be easier to keep at 15 minutes each day. It is just difficult to stop when you see 20 other things that should be cleaned.