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Today I had a very wonderful day and felt like blogging :o)
So I have eaten at D'Optometrist one time (Gemenelandsweg, my father in law brought me there). I was kind of dissapointed because I was craving Italian food. I have worked for real Italian-Americans for five years and nothing can be measured to that level (Thanks to Michelle, Terry and her late husband who was a chef). So every so often here I crave Italian and being inspired by my fb-friend Romy her photo of her linguini scampi the only thought of it was awakening my craving. So I decided to prepare 'penne alfredo with parmegiano chicken'. (The Chicken Parmegiano recipe I will probably put up tomorrow cause hubby is working and I have a lot of time on my hands having a free day). Girls this baby has a lot of calories but OMG it is so worth it.
Alright I went to Choi's and bought the following (will have pics too):
* Ragu-brand: Roasted Garlic Creamy Parmesan (SRD 14)
*Barilla-brand: Penne (this very good brand pasta! SRD 10)
*Optional you don't really need this, because it's already cheese overload 'kraft-parmesan cheese' (SRD 9)
At the regular (good itemized store):
*Local 'Mary Gold'-butter (SRD 10). You will probably need 1/4th of that pack
*Local 'Melk Centrale"-volle melk (SRD 4). The milk we will use to make more sauce.
Also (hopefully this will be in your pantry): some cornstarch (maizena) about a table spoon and some dried parsley.
Okido!!! let's start. Prepare the penne as the box describes it. I think it takes about 10-12 minutes. When the water cooks, put a bit salt in it. While that is going wisk about a cup of cold milk with some cornstarch (maizena).
When the penne is done sift it and put a big sauce pan and start putting about 1/4th of the butter. Let it melt and then put the mixed milk and stir.After that put the 'Ragu' sauce in en keep stirring with prefferably a whisk or wooden spoon. There will be some sauce left with inside the 'Ragu'-bottle put about a 1/4th of a cup of mlik, close the lid and shake that untill it mixes and pour that in the saucepan. This should happen at low/medium heat. After that you put (the still warm cooked) penne pasta in and stir.
When you put this on a plate you could garnish it with some parmesan or dried parsley to give it some color. OMG !!!
This is not a pasta dish made from scratch, but a little of both worlds: partical and easy with less hassle.
Everything adds up to SRD 40 and this would feed about 4. A plate at optometrist will stack up to SRD 35. So you are already saving about SRD 100. You can go and tank gas for the week.
Thanks everyone for reading. Have a wonderful day tomorrow and will post the Chicken Parmesan recipe.
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