Creamy Avocado Pasta with Garlic Prawns

I've been spending the bulk of my past few days at home. And well, while a "break" from school sounds nice, when you have absolutely nothing, no activity or any sorts to spend your time on, this amount of time you have on your hands gets on your nerves. After all, time is a precious commodity. This is going to sound morbid, but no one knows how much time we have on this earth. How many more days we wake up to, how more breaths before it's our last, how many more precious moments we will get to spend with our friends. Which is why I always make it a point not to waste my time doing nothing. I'd rather be reading a book, talking to friends or even typing out this blog post than staring blankly into space. This is so that, when I do take my last breath, whenever that is, I want to know that my time was well spent.

Creamy Avocado Pasta recipe, adapted from Kevin & Amanda
Ingredients:
100g spaghetti
1 avocado, pitted and peeled
1 lemon, juiced, divided into 2
3 garlic cloves, 2 whole 1 minced
10 prawns
1/4 cup scallions, chopped
lemon zest
salt and pepper to taste
some vegetable oil for sauteing

Method:
1. In a small saucepan, bring several cups of lightly salted water to a boil and add in spaghetti. Cook until al dente.
2. Meanwhile, make the avocado sauce. In a food processor, combine avocado, 1 portion of lemon juice and 2 garlic cloves, salt and pepper. Set aside.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add garlic and lemon juice. Add prawns and cook until the turn pink.
4. Turn off the heat. Add scallions and stir to combine. Then, add pasta and avocado sauce. Mix it well.
5. Garnish with lemon zest and season as needed. Serve.