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Jul7

Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo Taste Alike Recipe

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Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo Taste Alike Recipe

Howdy!! Johnny took me to the Olive Garden for my thirtieth birthday celebration and it was simply divine. It was a Middle Class Fancy night on the town, indeed, and the Fettuccine Alfredo from the OG is never far from my mind lol. So much so that I just had to find a taste alike recipe for it. This past Wednesday, I tried my hand at a recipe submitted on Food. by Robbie Rice. I am pleased to report that it was, hands down, the best taste alike recipe I have ever made. I felt like I literally ordered takeout from the Olive Garden after one bite! Check it out:

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The Fettuccine Alfredo recipe was an incredibly easy one to make. It required under ten ingredients and the preparation was just a matter of stirring them together. The only things that I did differently was add a healthy amount of minced garlic to the butter as it melted. And when I say “healthy” I mean six cloves lol I love me my garlic! I am also really glad that I did because I think the sauce would have been too bland without it. The other modification I made was using way more black pepper than the one teaspoon the recipe called for. However, it wasn’t enough! I still needed a bit more salt and pepper with each serving so I would definitely recommend taste testing the sauce a few times until you get the flavor to your liking.

This recipe took about twenty minutes to make and by the time I was done, Johnny and I were SO ready to dig in. We were both in carbohydrate heaven and savored every single bite. The Alfredo sauce was rich, creamy, and absolutely perfect. In fact, Johnny told me he liked this rendition of the recipe even better than the Fettuccine Alfredo at the Olive Garden. No shade to the OG, but I have to agree. Yes, it’s nice to go out to eat. What we love the most, though, is a home cooked meal and this gave us the best of both worlds. I cannot wait to make this again – especially when my dad has a more bountiful harvest of parsley from his garden for the garnish!

If you are as fond of the Fettuccine Alfredo from the Olive Garden as I am, then you have to try this recipe out. You are going to be in for such a treat!

What is one of your favorite taste alike recipes? Have you tried cooking something new recently? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Sep24

First Attempt At Homemade Alfredo Sauce

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First Attempt At Homemade Alfredo Sauce

Hello!! I love to cook and try out new recipes and during my last curbside order, Johnny requested fettuccine Alfredo for dinner. I have never made it before but I figured that it couldn’t be that hard! As per ushe, I consulted Pinterest for a recipe and settled on one by Self Proclaimed Foodie. Although I wasn’t blown away with the end result, it was still pretty good. Check it out:

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^^^ Obsessed with my tomato butter! YUM!

The Alfredo sauce recipe by Self Proclaimed Foodie only had four ingredients to it – butter, garlic, heavy cream, and Parmesan cheese. I went with this recipe for its simplicity but I think it was a little too simple for my liking. Even after adding parsley, salt, pepper, and way more garlic than necessary, it tasted really bland overall. I definitely plan on making Alfredo sauce again but I think that I will find another recipe for it.

During my next attempt at Alfredo sauce, I will also be steering clear of the Kraft Parmesan cheese! I didn’t even think about buying the thinly shredded kind, which probably would have made a big difference. The Kraft cheese didn’t fully melt down and that gave the sauce a slightly gritty texture. It didn’t make as much of a difference once it was poured over pasta but taste testing from the pot left a lot to be desired!

On the bright side, Johnny ended up really enjoying his requested dinner so that made me happy. I just hate when something I make doesn’t turn out exactly how I want it so here’s to a more flavorful and creamy sauce next time around!

What recipe do you recommend for homemade Alfredo sauce? Have you tried cooking anything new recently? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah

Oct19

Monday Update: Birthday Fun Edition

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Monday Update: Birthday Fun Edition

Heyyy everyone and happy Monday! So this weekend was kind of a big deal because of October 17th which is both my boyfriend’s and my brother’s birthday! I had the best time celebrating with my man this weekend and enjoyed some mother daughter time when she helped me prep Kyle’s birthday dinner. Sorry that I was away without warning, BTW, because I like to give you guys notice when I’m not going to have a Saturday post of some kind! But I’m back from being birthday MIA so let’s discuss:

My oldest brother, Peter, celebrated his 28th birthday but unfortunately he lives in Atlanta, Georgia so I didn’t get to ring in his new year with him. So this weekend it was all about the boyfriend who turned the big 2-7. Besides from some awesome gifts (if I do say so myself), I wanted to cook him a special dinner too so before I headed to Canton for the weekend my mom helped me with something that I deemed a “must”: a fresh loaf of French bread to go with a Fettuccine Alfredo dish.

My mom is an incredible bread baker and has been doing it for forever. I can remember watching her bake and knead her loaves of bread when I was younger but could never do it quite like her. That was about to change this weekend though because my mama dearest walked me through how to bake my own French bread and it turned out amazing! My mom was an awesome teacher and I liked how she explained the process to me rather than doing it for me so I felt like I was still the one making the bread. She taught me how to knead the dough and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy I found it because I remember it being so hard when I was younger! According to mi madre, I’m a natural and here’s how my French bread turned out:

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While my bread baked I whipped up a quick chocolate lava cake as well and left shortly after everything was baked to perfection. I loaded up my car with gifts, an overnight bag, dinner ingredients, my cake, and my bread on a cooling rack and headed to Canton. The thing about bread is that it can’t go into a bag until it’s completely cool and my mom refused to let my first time bread creation go soggy so she insisted that I drive with the naked loaf on a cooling rack. I was SO terrified to drive quickly or break heavily for the fear of the baguette flying off the rack. Lucky for me, my bread baby sat just fine and we made it to Kyle’s in one piece!

I had the pleasure of meeting Kyle’s brother, sister-in-law, and their two children on Friday night and then we went home for gift opening and Dexter watching. Unfortunately on Saturday Kyle had to work for half of his birthday but during that time I was able to finish some homework, get an article edited, and spend some quality time with Kyle’s mom. Once the evening rolled around I started cooking a surprisingly easy Fettuccine Alfredo recipe that I found online. It turned out nice and creamy and my bread was delicious, if I do say so myself!

After dinner, we were going to see Crimson Peak but we were both so full and sleepy after our Italian meal that we ended up just lounging around for the night. But seeing the movie is on our agenda for when I see Kyle next! I had such a lovely weekend with my beau and it was such a joy to meet his brother and his family!

^^^ This one’s for you, Kyle!!! Happy birthday to both of my favorite boys!!!! ❤

I have a lot of exciting posts coming up in the near future including an article for a dear friend’s Trades Of Hope store and a piece for a wonderful musician fresh out of Kent, Ohio – John Patrick Halling. Keep your eyes peeled for those as well as all of the usuals throughout the week like #WCW and my American Horror Story reviews! Until then, how was everyone’s weekend? Did anyone else have some events worth celebrating? I wanna hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah