Happy Monday

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone had a great weekend. My weekend was great, family and football. Well I thought today, I would give you one of my best rainy day pasta dishes EVER!! It started from a  copycat recipe for Pasta Milano @ Macaroni Grill, but over time I have added and taken away ingredients. This is not a hard recipe to make, so give it a try and I promise you will keep this one close to your heart

Recipes:

Pasta Milano and Homemade Garlic Bread

Drink of Choice: Yellow Tail Chardonnay

Pasta Milano

Alfredo sauce ingredients:

~Note: if you don’t have time to make Alfredo sauce, you can buy it. With that being said… I can tell you, it will not taste the same. So give it a try, Alfredo Sauce only takes 10 extra minutes. ~

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup heavy cream/ or half and half
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 1/2 cups grated fresh Parmesan cheese (fresh is better)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

1. Melt butter in medium sauce pan over medium-low heat.
2. Add cream and simmer for five minutes.
3. Then add garlic and cheese and whisk quickly, heating through.
4. Stir in parsley and add to recipe below.

Pasta Milano ingredients:

• 1 tsp. olive oil
• 1 tsp. roasted garlic (do not buy roasted garlic, you can make at home and save $3)
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/2 white onion sliced/ or shallots
• 1/2 cup  sun dried tomatoes ( I love Sun-Dried Tomatoes, so you can decrease amount if you like)
• 1 tsp. fresh parsley
• 4 oz. chicken stock
• 3  grilled  or pan-seared chicken breast
• 1 cup Alfredo sauce
• 1 box cooked bow tie pasta
• 1 Tbsp. grated fresh Parmesan cheese

1. Heat a 10” saute pan. Add olive oil, mushrooms,onions,  sun dried tomatoes, parsley, stock, chicken, and roasted garlic.
2. Add Alfredo sauce, bow tie pasta and toss.
3. Put in large pasta bowl, and (optional) garnish with parsley, Parmesan cheese, fresh tomato and fresh basil.

Homemade Garlic Bread

1 cut or sliced loaf of French or Ciabatta Bread  (Ciabatta is my favorite)

1/4 cup of butter (half a stick)

2 garlic cloves (crushed)

1 tbsp Italian Seasoning

1/4 cup of Parmesan Cheese

1/2 tsp  of  Slap Yo Mamma Seasoning (can get at Kroger)

Soften Butter in microwave or let butter sit out on countertop until it is soft. Put in small bowl and mix all other ingredients except slap yo mamma seasoning. Spread over bread, then sprinkle some Slap yo Momma Seasoning on top. Put in Oven for 10-12 mins @ 400 degrees.

~For extra treat you can add Kraft Italian Shredded Cheese on top~

Shopping List

Butter

Heavy cream

Garlic

Parmesan Chees

Fresh Parsley

Olive Oil

Sliced Mushrooms

Sun-dried Tomatoes

Chick Stock/Broth

Boneless Chicken Breast

Bow Tie Pasta

Ciabatta Bread

Slap Yo Mamma Seasoning

Italian Seasoning

Yellow Tail Chardonnay