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Dear
Warren,
Show her a night she'll never forget. You know
how she hates to cook unless she can prepare it in twenty minutes or
less. This week's meal is for you. It's easy to make, and
she'll be so impressed by "all the trouble" you went through
just for her. This'll take a little more than twenty minutes, but
not MUCH more. Send her to the bathtub full of bubbles while you
cook. Before she comes downstairs, turn down the lights, put
Nicholas Gunn (new age) or Oscar Peterson (jazz) on the stereo, set the
table, light the candles, and put a single rose across her plate.
Escort her to her place at the dining table, kiss her on the cheek, and
YOU take care of the rest...... and for goodness sake, DON'T let her
see this page!! Let her think the idea was all yours! :-)
Entree
Robyn's
Really Good Fettuccine
1
12-oz. box Fettuccine
2 jars Five Brothers Three Cheese White Sauce (or Pesto Sauce)
1 3-oz. can mushroom stems & pieces
1-1/2 cups frozen peas, cooked and drained
1-1/2 lbs. sausage, cooked (large rope Italian sausage)
6-8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
Olive Oil
Cook
fettuccine according to package directions. When done, drain.
Return fettuccine to pot, and add a small splash of olive oil.
Add white sauce, two jars may be a little too much, but you be the judge
of how much you'd like.
Add mushroom stems and pieces and cooked peas.
Cut sausage into slices and add to fettuccine. Add crumbled bacon.
Heat through until hot and bubbly.
Make sure you have plenty of grated Parmesan cheese on hand to put on top.
**If
there are just two of you, you'll have plenty of great leftovers to take
to work. This recipe normally serves about 4 people.
Side
Dishes
Ok,
Warren, here's the really easy part. Go to the salad bar at your
favorite grocery store and build a salad. Bring home just enough for
the two of you. Toss it into a couple of bowls, and serve it with
your favorite salad dressings.
Next:
While you're at the grocery store, head toward the freezer section and buy
a loaf of frozen garlic bread already prepared....most of them come in an
aluminum wrapper. You can just throw it into the oven and heat it up
according to the directions on the outside, and serve. (Hint: you
might want to cut the end of the wrapper to allow for better heating.)
**Take bread out of wrapper and put into a bread basket lined with a
napkin for appearance sake. Wrap the napkin around the bread to keep
it warm.
Dessert
Angel
food Cake with Mocha Butter Cream
Ok,
here's a really easy way to dress up a dessert without really trying...
stay with me here, Warren, you can do it!!!
One
store-bought Angel Food Cake
2-1/2 sticks butter
4 tablespoons instant coffee
2 tablespoons sifted powdered cocoa
2 cups powdered sugar
One can of pineapple rings
Chocolate sprinkles (found in the baking section of the store near the
flour and sugar, Warren....)
Prepare
icing:
Beat
butter until soft and smooth... light and fluffy.
Add instant coffee, cocoa and powdered sugar. Beat until very light.
Spread mixture over cake, covering top and sides.
Cut pineapple rings in half and garnish cake around sides with them, then
cover top and sides of cake with chocolate sprinkles.
Special note: If
you're looking for some superb music to have dinner by, and enjoy New Age
music, I strongly recommend the following two CD's by Nicholas Gunn:
"Crossroads"
"The Sacred Fire"
Nicholas Gunn plays
flute and is a superb instrumentalist and composer. His CD's are
complete with full orchestration. He offers a wonderful blend of
"strength, romance, power and sensuality---a true reflection of
life".
I found Nicholas Gunn's
music purely by accident, and it was truly one of the most delightful
discoveries I've made.
After
dinner beverage suggestion:
Tropico
Sunrise:
2 oz. Tropico
1 oz. Bacardi Gold Rum
4 oz. Orange Juice
1/2 oz. Grenadine
Fill a tall glass with ice, Tropico and Rum. Add orange juice and
top with grenadine. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.
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