Pulled That Rabbit Out of a Hat

I am thrilled to say that I pulled off what I thought was the impossible. Let me explain a little more. I went to Costco, I saw what I thought would make some yummy lunches and/or dinners for us. Brie and Roasted Garlic Raviloi.
Well it sounded good and now I had a ton of it. The first night I made up a meat sauce for the ravioli, oh that was nasty. They had a sweet flavor to it, that was just wrong.
So after waiting a few weeks and truly pondering throwing the rest away-knowing how much I hate throwing out food I thought of something else...An Alfredo Sauce! Then to make it just a bit move fancy a Lemon Alfredo.
It worked, it was a home run and the sauce didn't curdle like I thought it would. Here is the recipe from Americas Test Kitchen:
"Fettuccine Alfredo" I use any type of pasta I choose
1 2/3 C Heavy Cream
5 Tbls unsalted butter
Salt/Ground black pepper
2 ounces Paramsean cheese, grated or 1 cup
pinch of nutmeg-you grate it yourself it makes a BIG flavor difference

1) cook pasta in salted water till al dente
2) combine 1 1/3 c of the cream and the butter in a saute pan large enough to accommodate the cooked pasta. Heat over low until the butter is melted and the cream comes to a bare simmer. Turn off heat and set aside.
3) After draining the pasta add it to the saute pan. Add the remaining 1/3 c cream, the Parmesan and salt/pepper to taste, add nutmeg. Cooke over very low heat, tossing to combine the ingredients, until the sauce is slightly thickened 1 to 2 minutes. Serve immediately in heated pasta bowls (you can use the pasta boiling water to do this, just put a large bowl under the stainer to capture the water)
To make it all lemony and creamy (oh this just rocks, we love it long time)
"Follow the recipe for Fettuccine Alfredo, heating 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice w/the cream and butter in step 2 AND toss in 2 tsp of grated lemon zest w/the pasta in step 3.

I will totally admit the only reason why I can get most of my cooking done is b/c my wonderful husband watches the kids for me. Hey, he wants good dinners he has to help out-family is all about teamwork.

Something to ponder:
"4 out of 5 people are in therapy because of you"

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Kristin