Dressing Up Old Standards – A Semi-Rant
June 11, 2009
(From The Starch Collection at emealsforyou.com)
fettichini alfredo +
Back in July of last year we wrote a post about finding your : Cooking Comfort Zone suggesting that you use the ingredients you like and not use the ingredients you don’t like. We would like to take that a bit further. Take one of your favorite recipes and add something to make it better, or at least different. You see this all the time; do you want chicken in that salad?
Take that Spinach Salad and add some Mandarin Oranges. How about adding some chicken to the Caesar Salad? Our choice is to add dried cranberries to Fettuccine Alfredo and put in some toasted pecans as well. Again, this is what we think, what is important is that you add what you like. Just like the restaurants you can add chicken, shrimp, tomatoes, just about anything that appeals to you to make the “same old same old” taste like an entirely different meal. Can’t get your kids to eat vegetables or fruit? Add it to what they like. Chances are if you put broccoli in their mac and cheese, after the initial resistance, they will eat it without further comment. Add some golden raisins or fresh mango and you have an interesting twist on a favorite. You may find that your family will like the newer version and may even thank you.
Fettuccine Alfredo
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Starch |
| Meal: | Dinner on the Deck (Picnic Meal Plans) |
| 1 | lb | pasta, fettuccine |
| 1 | large | egg |
| 0.66 | cup | cream, light |
| 8 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 0.5 | cup | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.75 | cup | cheese, Swiss shredded |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
Beat egg with cream. Melt butter. Pour both over cooked, drained, hot fettuccine, add grated cheese. Toss and serve.
Entry Filed under: Rants, Semi-Rants and Non-Rants. Tags: adding fruit to your meals, addon recipes, fetticcini alfredo, re-create favorites.
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