A fine dinner, a relaxing evening with a sleeping baby, and more complex directions

I am ten days into this father thing and cannot handle the number of packages coming to our house. I like to pepper the Amazon deliveries with books from Half.com so that I feel like I am involved. Today, we received more, well stuff.

So, I relied on a typical way of calming myself. I fixed some food.
The sweet cream goat cheese, prosciutto, and fresh pasta all came from Cheesetique. I prepared for today during last night's sojourn.

I little tip, when cooking fresh pasta, cut the boil time by 50%. I read a great article in some men's magazine many yeas ago about simple pasta recipes. Easier is often better. Boil the pasta and set aside two tablespoons of the pasta water. Sauté shallots and garlic in some butter and fry the pasta for about a minute. Make your wife love you again by topping it with fresh Parmesan. I don't have any pictures of the pasta. We devoured it too quickly.

Done and done. Now, I don't care how many packages come in the mail. I'll just cook my way through this pain.