Recipe Review
Today’s Recipe and
Location: Pasta with Pesto Cream Sauce
Found in: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From my Frontier
Pages 136 - 138
Copyright: 2012 Harper Collins
I figured out that there are 290 calories per serving (if 8 servings are made)
(Please note that the calorie counts vary depending on the specific brands of ingredients that you choose to use.)
This
is one of my favorite recipes so far.
I absolutely love pesto. My
first experience with pesto came with a Jenny Craig pizza. I loved it then and still love it
now. I love it with pasta as well as on a pizza. I totally cheated on this
recipe. I have a favorite pesto
that I always have in the fridge and the freezer. It is found at Costco and the brand is Kirkland’s Basil
Pesto. The way I cheated was that
I used this instead of making my own fresh pesto. Next time I will bite the bullet and make the pesto, too.
The dish is so flavorful but you really have to watch the portion size because
it is so rich.
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| No it is not your eyes - this is a blurry mess! Food is hard to photograph or I was a little shaky on this day! |
Today’s critics: The Lehman Family
Brandy
Lehman: “Um, ok, that is my absolute new favorite pasta. I have never really
gotten into pesto, well now I'm going to start. You’re right and should have made
more :). The only thing I did notice is when I re-heated it (in glass
container) was that it was SUPER oily. Not really a con, just something I
noticed. Maybe due to reheating? Flavor was great and the texture of the
noodles was great, Just delish all the way around. Can’t wait to make that
dish! I am thinking that I may throw some chicken in mine...or shrimp? So
good!”
Nicole
said, “It was really good.” Gianna loved it so much that she ate
the rest of it.”
Random Reflections
Yesterday I was
sitting in traffic on my way home.
I glanced to the left and had a childhood flashback. Campana, located at the corner of Rt.
31 and Fabyan in Batavia is now a historical landmark. The Campana building was
built in 1937 of steel, glass and brick. Hand lotion was the first thing they made there. They later added
feminine products to their product repertoire. The square footage for the
building is 70,000 sq. ft. This is
one enormous building. I remembered going there on a field trip and being
embarrassed because they showed us how the feminine products were made. Apparently, I was an immature fifth
grader. I know you are all
shocked! Stop smirking – you
probably were, too!
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| No, the car was not supposed to be in the photo! Oops! |
Helpful Home Hints
Steve
and Matthew Mendel own a fabulous plumbing company named Good Call Plumbing. I
have asked them to give me a plumbing tip of the month, so we all have a gentle
reminder of something that we can do to save money and insure that we do not
have a plumbing problem in the future that could have been avoided. Let’s be proactive – not reactive.
Plumbing Tip of the Month:
The
temperatures have plummeted and our furnaces are running constantly. One of the easiest ways to save money
and cause less stress on our furnace is to change the filters regularly, I took
this advice and have a large calendar in my house that reminds me of things to
do in the house on a regular basis.
It also cuts down on the dog hair floating through my house as well as
the dust. Our lives are too busy and chaotic to remember what day to complete
each task so a home calendar is the way to go. During the frigid months, I change my filter on the first
day of the month.
I
wrote it on the calendar and now it doesn’t take up needed memory. This is extremely important at my age
because I need all of the short and long term memory available. So lets get organized and save money at
the same time. Change those filters more frequently in the winter!!!
If
you have any plumbing needs call Matt and Steve at:
Good Call Plumbing
630-365-6500
630-443-4100
Fax
630-365-6748
Tell them Becky sent ya!
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