Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo

So this is a recipe I got from the internet, but again, tweaked to my liking. The recipe I found said it was better than Olive Garden's alfredo sauce, and with my subtle changes, I concur. I am picky about most food, but I don't eat just any alfredo sauce. This was superb! My very first attempt and it was a big hit with the Peaslee clan.
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Ingredients Needed:
1 pound cubed chicken breast
1 stick of butter
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp minced garlic (can be fresh or from a jar)
2 cups heavy cream
5 ounces shredded Parmesan cheese
1 cup mozzarella cheese

16 ounces fettuccine noodles
salt and pepper to taste

1. In a large skillet, combine 2 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp olive oil. Heat to medium temperature, add chicken breast cubes and cook thoroughly. Season to taste. Remove chicken from pan, set aside.
2. In a large sauce pan, boil water for noodles.
3. In the pan you just removed the chicken from, add remaining butter and garlic.
4. Stir in cream until its simmering.
5. Add Parmesan cheese, stirring frequently. Cook about 8-10 minutes until sauce thickens and becomes smooth.
6. Add dash of salt and noodles to boiling water, let cook 5-7 minutes or until desired consistency. Drain and set aside.
7. Once sauce has thickened, add mozzarella. Do not leave unattended, needs constant stirring at this point. Cook until sauce is simmering.
8. Add cooked chicken cubes to sauce, cook for a minute, still stirring.
9. Remove sauce from heat, serve over pasta.

ENJOY!

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Variations: May substitute any meat you like for the chicken OR can leave out to make vegan. May also add cooked broccoli or other favorite vegetable. I don't care for parsley really, but was an option in the original recipe.

Beef Gravy (Swedish Meatball Gravy)

I am going to post this seperately as it was inside of the meatball post originally, but I thought it might be easier to find on its own too.
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Ingredients needed:
2 cups beef stock
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup heavy cream
¼ cup cold water
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper

1. Pour beef broth into pan, heat to boiling.
2. In a gravy shaker, mix the flour with water until smooth.
3. Whisk flour mixture into warm gravy, and let simmer, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, until thickened slightly, about 3-5 minutes.
4. Add the cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Pour over meatballs in slow cooker and let simmer.

ENJOY!!

Spagetti/Lasagna Sauce

This is my recipe for sauce, just kind of made it up, trying this and that throughout the years.
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Ingredients Needed:
1 pound Italian sausage
15 ounce can tomato sauce
15 ounce can crushed tomato
3 tsp. Italian seasoning
Lawry’s season salt
onion salt
½ tsp. garlic powder
½ tsp. Tarragon
Dash of rosemary
2 tsp. sugar

1. Brown 1 pound Italian sausage, drain fat.
2. Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Season to taste.
3. Let simmer for one hour on low heat.

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Variations
As usual, you can use whatever meat you like, in fact, when I double this recipe, I use a pound of sausage and a pound of ground beef, but you can use chicken or turkey, etc.

ENJOY!!

Italian Meat Balls

This recipe is my Grama Connie's. I have tried really hard to emulate her, but once again, when I make these, it is missing what I call "the Connie factor." Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as my family does, there are never any leftovers!
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Italian Meat Balls
Ingredients Needed:
1 lb. ground beef
½ lb. ground pork
½ cup bread crumbs
1 egg
Pinch of minced dry onion
pinch of dry parsley

1. Mix all the ingredients together in a medium bowl.
2. Roll into 1 inch round meatballs.
3. Brown them, but do not cook completely.
4. Remove from pan and place them in slow cooker.
5. Add spaghetti sauce and cook on low all day.
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Spagetti Sauce
Ingredients Needed:
15 ounce can tomato sauce
15 ounce can crushed tomatoes
3 tsp. Italian seasoning
Lawry’s season salt
onion salt
½ tsp. garlic powder
½ tsp. Tarragon
Dash of rosemary
2 tsp. sugar
1 green pepper
1 onion

1. Stir all ingredients together. Season to taste.
2. Add to crockpot and let simmer with meatballs all day.

ENJOY!!

Swedish Meatballs

This meatball recipe is from the Betty Crocker cookbook. The gravy is from online, tweaked just a bit to meet my tastes. Laurie and I made these for Cody's graduation and Kersten's birthday party and they are now a family favorite! We usually triple the batch for the ten of us. Yum!
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Swedish Meatballs
Ingredients Needed:
1 pounds ground beef
½ cup bread crumbs
¼ cup half and half
2 tbsp chopped onion
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1 tsp butter
1 tsp olive oil

1. Mix all ingredients together in bowl except butter and olive oil.
2. Roll mixture into one and a half inch balls.
3. Fry in butter and olive oil until browned.
4. Add to Swedish Meatball Gravy, cook in slow cooker for at least four hours.
5. Serve by themselves or over potatoes, rice or noodles.
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Swedish Meatball Gravy
Ingredients needed:
2 cups beef stock
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup heavy cream
¼ cup cold water
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper

1. Pour beef broth into pan, heat to boiling.
2. In a gravy shaker, mix the flour with water until smooth.
3. Whisk flour mixture into warm gravy, and let simmer, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, until thickened slightly, about 3-5 minutes.
4. Add the cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Pour over meatballs in slow cooker and let simmer.

ENJOY!!

Pizza Sauce

I know, I know, I am on a pizza kick these days, but I figured you would need my pizza sauce recipe in order to make the pizza have the real effect it needs. This is a recipe my mother used that I quirked to fit my tastes.
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Ingredients needed:
8 ounce can tomato sauce
2 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/8 tsp. Onion salt
1 tbsp. olive oil

1. In medium mixing bowl, add one 8 ounce can of tomato sauce.
2. Add remaining seasonings as directed.
3. Stir all together and put directly on dough.

This is enough for one pizza that you will need the above ingredients. So if you are making more than one, just times the ingredients by that number.

ENJOY!!!