Chicken Alfredo * better than Olive Garden!

Do you make your own alfredo sauce or do you buy one already premade?  Well, in the past I've tried to buy them already made and I felt they always tasted gross, which ultimately resulted in only eating alfredo and pasta occasionally when we went out to dinner.  Will really likes the chicken alfredo from Olive Garden.  A few weeks ago, he went to the grocery store, when he came home he said he was going to make chicken alfredo.  We tried it, and neither of us liked it.  So, I decided to make it myself.  I looked at various recipes and this is the best one that Will really enjoyed! I must say, if you like Olive Garden alfredo sauce then you will love this recipe. 

First, melt 6 tablespoons of quality butter *salted and add 1 tablespoon of minced garlic. 

Then add 2 tablespoons of flour and whisk until smooth.

Add 1 & 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream and 1 & 1/2 cup of milk. *stir well, simmer then reduce heat.

add 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of grated romano cheese. If you buy fresh and grate yourself, and allow cheese to be at room temperature before adding, you'll be happy with the texture.  

Let simmer and the sauce will thicken. * I did not add any salt, but I did add some pepper to taste.

For the chicken: I baked chicken breast using the following season packet:  Other options: skip the chicken or if you don't have much time, buy an Italian herb rotisserie chicken.

Next, I added the fettuccini noodles.  I like the meal to have more sauce so I used about 3/4 of a package.

When I took these pics, I added the chicken last because it was still warm.  However, if you add chicken I would add it to the sauce, simmer, then pour it over the noodles in a serving dish.

Garnish with parsley if desired.  I like to have bruschetta or rosemary sour dough bread on the side or ahead of the meal! 

You are welcome! :) :)

New Roof, Spring 2022

The most recent home improvement project was the replacement of the roof.  We kept the shingles the same color. It's a slate gray, I believe.  We had the option to upgrade them, but it was a multi-color and I just didn't like the way it looked with the brick and stone on some homes.  Maybe it would of been okay on our home, and from an aerial view it look great, but not for us.  Aside from the guys trapping my vehicle in the garage, the overall process was not too bad.  It only took a couple of days from start to finish.  They arrived prior to sunrise and began to prep the area.  I took some images from the security cameras.

As the day moved forward: More and more debris around the house of course.   

The picture below is our home prior to the new roof. I circled some of the vents for you to see. The greatest aspect of the new roof is the ventilation system and we do not have those vents anymore, which is a plus because of the racoons. The racoons always tried to get in the home from the vents.  We had even installed additional materials to prevent the racoons from getting in the attic. I'm relieved to know the vents are gone and a new ventilation system is in place. 

Before sunset on the first day I went out and took a few pictures of the progress. 

You can see in the picture below the vents are gone. 

It was a really long day for them.  The crew did not leave until 10:30 pm the first day. 

The next morning: It's looking nice.  

Final product: 

Nicely done! Next up: finally getting the windows cleaned.  We've been waiting for these repairs to be completed. I also need to repaint the fence and clean up the landscaping.