When I had a little more time on my hands I was able to cook a better meal for myself, I cooked shrimp scampi and it is probably one of my favorite dishes. As it is Italian and I do love pasta, this meal wasn’t too difficult to throw together. I used linguini, precooked shrimp, a butter and garlic mixture and lemon. I think that having the strong flavors in this dish are important because it brings out more of the other flavors in combination. Pasta was a lot quicker to prepare so the other parts took a little more time but it was worth it. After the pasta was almost cooked I put the shrimp, garlic and butter in a skillet so I could cook the shrimp and ensure that it would hold good flavor. It didn’t take too much time to cook just preparing it was where I spent more of my time. I think that I’ve come a long way with my cooking since I didn’t live at home for a semester and was on my own for those months. This meal was definitely one of my better creations because usually I would have stuck to something more simple and basic. Overall, I had a good time making this dish and enjoyed eating it! Being able to have more control over what I ate was good for me because I’d normally rely on what my mom made for meals or if I were too busy I would likely buy something to eat which is rare but, life has been crazy recently. Now that I know that I am capable of making better meals for myself I will make sure I squeeze in time.