Wonderful Wednesday Wrecipes

Em came up with today’s entry. I didn’t think to take pictures-sorry!

Pasta with Alfredo Sauce

Makes 4-servings (realistically- 3 adult portions or 2 with leftovers)

• 8 oz. dry pasta
• 4 oz. cream cheese (either brick or spreadable, but not whipped)
• ½ to 2/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 6 TBSP butter (what can I say- heart-attack on a plate)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder, or a minced whole clove of fresh garlic
• ½ tsp dried basil
• fresh ground black pepper to taste
• ¼ tsp nutmeg

Boil salted water for pasta; when you toss pasta in, begin sauce.

In a medium sauce pan over low heat, stir all ingredients except nutmeg until combined and cheeses are melted.

Keep warm over low heat until pasta is ready. Drain pasta, reserving ¼ cup of cooking liquid.

Pour pasta into a serving bowl, and add alfredo sauce. Toss to combine well, adding pasta cooking water as necessary to thin sauce. Stir in the nutmeg and serve hot.

A Small Favor Please….

The daughter of a dear friend passed away this morning after a 10 year battle with inflammatory breast cancer. Would you mind saying a prayer for Tom & his wife? Thanks so much.

Lisa lived more in her last 10 years of life than most people live in a lifetime.

Lisa Maria Bryant

Born: July 15, 1966

Died: January 25, 2010

43 Years of LIFE

More Stitching Coziness….

This is a Debbie Mum print:

The good thing about this project is I’ll have lots, well at least a fat quarter amount leftover from each fabric print for quilting with!

(Yeeaahhh…….rrriiiiiiiiiiight! When I have “time” for that!)

♫ It’s So Pretty!

First- Pumpkin progress:

See that little bit of green on the lower left?

Behold:

An envelope to hold my Q-snap frame!

 

With a pocket inside to hold my chart!

Sure beats these flimsy plastic bags:

I have fabric (different colors) to make 4 more!

Wonderful Wednesday Wrecipe

My mind went into overdrive this past weekend and I took my Garlic Breadstick Recipe and turned it into something sweet for breakfast. I tweaked the Garlic stick recipe directions a bit because I think I left out some steps:

Cinnamon Stix

Breadstick dough ingredients

• 3/4 cup water – lukewarm
• 3 TBSP honey
• 3 TBSP butter
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp yeast

The dough is very like a pizza dough.

Topping ingredients

• 3 TBSP melted butter
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2-3/4 tsp cinnamon

Directions

1. Add ingredients in order to bread machine – use dough cycle. My sunbeam takes 90 minutes.

2. Remove and let rest under a clean towel for 10 minutes on a lightly floured surface. Roll out to an approximate 10” x 15” rectangle, about 1/2” thick. With a pizza cutter, cut dough into strips about 3/4” wide and 5” long.

3. Brush all strips with melted butter (use it all up!!), sprinkle evenly with the sugar and cinnamon.

4. Take each strip and gently twist and place on baking sheet lined with parchment and sprayed with vegetable spray. If there’s any butter left, brush the bare spots on the twists. Cover again with towel and let rest again for about 30 minutes, not so much to rise, but just to rest.

5. Cook in preheated oven at 350 on center rack until golden brown – around 15 to 20 minutes depending on the size.

These easily reheat in the microwave- 10 seconds on high.

Leave it to those Brits….

And I thought it was just the crappy rain-y-ness of the day today:

Blue Monday

Jeesh! Even the sidebar stories on that web page are kwazy!

image from here

Silent Sunday

“Hi! What’s this thing?”

“Hey! Make that bright light stop!”

“That’s better.”

“What’s that crinkly thing in your pocket- a mint for me??!!”

“Blech! Wormer!”

“Meow”