Difficulty: Easy
Total Time: 45 minutes to an hour (depending on how many kid interruptions you have)
Serves: 6 to 8
Ingredients:
Pasta
1 lb pasta, cooked and drained
8 oz bacon, cooked (bacon fat reserved)
2 cups mini sweet peppers, seeded and sliced (roughly 20 peppers, it's up to you really)
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 T. olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Alfredo Sauce
2 T. butter
3/4 c. heavy cream (you could use milk, but if you are going to do alfredo you might as well do it right!)
3/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
1 t. garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Cook pasta according to package directions, drain and set aside.
In a large pan cut up the bacon in small pieces and cook until crispy. Remove the bacon from the pan leaving the remaining bacon fat in the pan. Add the peppers and onions to the bacon fat and sauté until soft (I know, totally not healthy, but we are going for taste over health in this recipe). Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the spinach, it will be overflowing but it WILL cook down. Drizzle the olive oil over the spinach and season with salt and pepper. Let it cook down over low heat, stirring occasionally so it doesn't burn.
In the meantime, make your alfredo sauce. If you have never attempted making your own alfredo sauce you are in for a treat! In my opinion it is way better than any canned alfredo sauce. Watch out Olive Garden! :) Get a small sauce pan and put the heat on medium and melt the butter. Slowly whisk in the heavy cream and heat for 5 minutes, stirring often, you do not want it to boil so watch it. Once it is good and heated through add your cheese and whisk, whisk, whisk. Keep it moving so it doesn't burn. Once all the cheese is good and melted add your seasoning. You want it to be a little on the "over seasoned" side. It will balance out when you add it to your pasta.
And that is it my friends. Mix everything together and serve it immediately. Bon Appetite!
Recipe by: Tracy
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