Olive Garden Chicken Alfredo...

I found this recipe on the web and it is so good. I personally don't like fettucine so I used angel hair pasta instead...and I always use Barilla.

Alfredo sauce...

1 cube butter
2 Tbsp. cream cheese
1 pint heavy cream
1-2 tsp. garlic powder
salt & pepper to taste
2/3 cup italian cheese

Melt butter in saucepan on med. heat. Add cream cheese and whisk until smooth and blended. Whisk in heavy cream and add seasonings. Simmer for 20-25 minutes whisking frequently until thickened. Add cheese just before serving.

Also, we added cubed, grilled chicken breasts...the one's that are precooked at Sam's and Walmart. So So So good!

Bread...Homemade...

This is such an easy recipe and I have failed miserably in the past with bread...The nice thing too about this recipe is that it only makes 2 loaves...cuz there's nothing like warm bread for dinner! It's a crime to eat homemade bread not straight from the oven...

White Bread:

4 1/2 tsp. yeast (2 packages)

2 1/2 cups warm water, 110* degrees

3 Tbsp. sugar

3 Tbsp. melted butter

1 Tbsp. salt

6-6 1/2 cups flour

Dissolve yeast in kitchenaid mixer with sugar and water...rest for about 10 minutes. Add butter, salt and 2 cups of flour. Add rest of flour 1/2 cup at a time. Turn into an oiled bowl and cover with a damp towel, rest for about 1 hour. Turn out onto floured surface and shape into 2 loaves and place in greased pans, rest for about 1 hour. In the meantime, preheat oven to 425* degrees. When the dough is ready to bake, decrease oven to 375* degrees and bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool ever so slightly and enjoy...best bread you will ever eat!

I have also made this into breadsticks and rolls and they are to DIE for! Decrease cooking time accordingly.