I used to go to a restaurant in college that had a pasta bar, where you could choose different shapes of pasta and different sauces. I always loved that, and sometimes my Mom would also make two different sauces. So, I thought I would try it! I made a marinara sauce with crushed tomatoes and hearty spaghetti sauce blend and alfredo extraordinaire. I added a pinch of sugar and a little salt to the marinara and I substituted half chicken broth for the butter called for on the package of the alfredo and I liked it much better--less greasy. It was a little thinner in consistency, so next time I might just use less milk.
I also made a side of garlicky green beans. I'm not kidding when I say these tasted exactly like the garlicky green beans at a chinese restaurant I go to. Yes this was an Italian meal, but garlic goes with everything, right? I sautéed them in a little roasted garlic grapeseed oil and then seasoned them with california style garlic pepper. I'm a little addicted to the garlic pepper. It now sits out on my counter with my oils because I use it so often. I might have even added some of it to the marinara sauce!
Once again, Maegan approves! Why is it that a baby eating is cute, but I would never post a picture of my 10-year-old "approving"?
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