Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Blushing Fettuccine Alfredo


April weather in Virginia can be fickle, and this year is no exception. A few days of 70-degree sunshine teased of an early spring, only to give way to a final (I hope) blast of winter wind and snow flurries. The cold weather set off my “comfort food” alarm again, and I found the perfect solution in a tester recipe for an upcoming cookbook (sorry I can’t share the recipe just yet).

It’s called Blushing Fettuccine Alfredo, made with a rich creamy white sauce, blushing with a hint of marinara sauce. To remind myself that spring really is here (technically at least), I added some veggies to make a “primavera” variation and topped it with some pan-fried tofu that Jon thought looked like tofu croutons, so I called them “to-futons.” And while he didn’t find my pun terribly amusing, he did find the fettuccine to be out-of-this-world delicious.

6 comments:

  1. Texas weather has been the same way!

    This dish looks so delicious. And incidentally, I've made lots of tofu croutons!

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  2. We need spring! But in the meantime, that dinner looks delicious.

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  3. come on, spring. you can do it!

    love this dish. and it's name!

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  4. You are teasing us with no recipe. It looks great.

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  5. Oh my gosh that looks so yummy.

    I can't wait for that recipe.

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  6. Yay! This was one of my testers, I LOVED this! I should have added the extra primavera. To-futons is funny. Pun away.

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