The Best Alfredo Sauce

The key here is to use 35% whipping cream, good white wine, good parmesan cheese and stir the sides CONSTANTLY. This recipe is SO SO SO easy and simple. When using it for pasta, I add steamed broccoli and diced roma tomatoes in it. AWESOME!

1 clove of garlic

1/2 cup of white wine

500 ml of 35% whipping cream

1/2 cup parmesan cheese

Put the garlic and wine into a warm frying pan (med) and let the wine reduce. The garlic should be softened by then but not brown. Slowly add the whipping cream, stirring constantly. It will thinken around the edges of the pan so use a spatula to scrape it. Keep it on a slow boil until you notice it thicken to the consistency you would want to eat the sauce at and add the parmesan cheese.

Hint: I usually I put the pasta in the boiling water at the same time as add the cream and they tend to finish around the same time.

Mixed Bean salad

Use a can of mixed canned beans, add chopped green onion and feta cheese.

Mix with my vinaigrette dressing and call it a side dish! It's delicious!

Creamy Basil Dressing

Use either a jar with a lid or a salad shaker to make this dressing.

Start with either mayonnaise or miracle whip style mayo. Use approximately 4-6 tbsp.

Add in just enough milk to cover the mayo. Add in a 2-3 tsp of dried basil, salt & pepper, a pinch or two of sugar and 2 tbsp of pickle juice. Shake to mix all the ingredients.

If the dressing is too thin, add more mayo or if it's too thick add more milk and shake again. Continue adding more milk or mayo until you have your desired creaminess. Adjust the other ingredients according to your taste.

Vinaigrette Dressing

Use a jar with a lid or a salad dressing shaker to make this.

Use 2 parts olive oil to 1 part red wine vinegar

Add in 1 clove of crushed garlic, a pinch or two of dried parsley, salt & pepper, a squirt of mustard and just a small pinch of sugar.

Shake until all the ingredients are blended together and you've got a vinaigrette!

Homemade Cheese Sauce

Start by making a roux.... on low heat melt 4 tbl spoons of butter or margarine and add 4 tbsp of flour. Mix well then start adding milk. Whisk together to avoid lumps. Continue adding milk and whisking, turning the heat up to medium. If it thins too much just add more flour and continue adding flour & milk to desired thickness and quantity. Keep whisking! Careful not to burn.

When it has reached your desired thickness (saucy and not too thick) add 1 vegetable cube crumbled, 1 tsp dry mustard, dried parsley, salt & pepper to taste.

Now for the cheesy part.... add grated old cheddar cheese until it begins to look like cheese sauce. Depending on how much white sauce you have made will depend on how much grated cheese to use. As a variation, add in other cheeses you like. Even plain or herbed cream cheese works great if you need to use some up!

Make it Gluten Free by using corn starch instead of flour!