table for two...: Celebrating 28 years {Part 1}

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Celebrating 28 years {Part 1}

John was very specific this year with his birthday wishes and how he wanted to celebrate. Homemade Fettuccine Alfredo Thursday night. Outback Friday night. If you don’t know this about John, I'm here to tell you- the boy l-o-v-e-s Outback.

Anyways, I agreed {or so he thought} although in my head I tried to convince myself that Outback can’t be that bad or dirty. yeah right. ok, their cheesy fries are good and their blooming onion may be too. but dirty is dirty and I admit I may be the worlds pickiest eater. Another thing you may not know is John and I are horrible at keeping secrets. terrible. We have never given a present to each other either a. on the actual occasion or b. without leaking what it was, when we would gift it, etc. An idea hit me one day and I went with it. I was hell bent to keep this from him! More on this to come… it will have to wait for another post!

I was excited/ nervous of his expectations of this fettuccine alfredo. I love to cook but under pressure- no thank you. As a recommendation from a friend, I used The Pioneer Woman’s recipe and added a couple of things. It. was. delicious.

First, I melted a stick of butter then added the heavy cream

I sautéed onion and garlic with EVOO then added broccoli, mushrooms, chopped onions and bacon

While that was cooking, I poured the cream sauce over parmesan cheese and allowed it to sit

and cooked the noodles

I added shrimp to the veggies- special request by the birthday boy

then tossed the veggies and shrimp and noodles into the sauce…

I served it with garlic bread and a salad

Birthdays are a great excuse to pull out the fine china, right?

The fettuccine was SO easy and yummy not to mention it made for one happy boy! I will definitely be making it again.

For dessert, caramel cake and white russians were served. John loves caramel cake and conveniently there is a little café in Columbia that makes the best ones!