Light Pasta Carbonara

This is considered "Light" Pasta Carbonara because it has HALF the calories of the restaurant favorite!!

 

PASTA CARBONARA

 

Makes: About 6 Servings

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 15 minutes

 

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb Spaghetti

6 slices of bacon, diced

1 Cup of milk

2 Large eggs + 2 egg yolks

1/4 tsp salt

1 Tbsp all-purpose flour

3/4 Cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 1/2 tsp freshly cracked pepper

 

 

1. Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add spaghetti noodles & cook as directed on package. Drain the spaghetti & reserve 1 CUP of the pasta water!

 

2. Meanwhile add bacon to a large saute pan & cook over medium heat until slightly crispy. Drain on paper towel & reserve 2 TBSP of the bacon grease. Chop bacon into small pieces.

 

3. Blend milk, eggs, egg yolks & salt.

 

4. Heat bacon drippings over medium heat. Whisk in flour & cook for about a minute. QUICKLY pour in milk mixture whisking constantly to make sure the eggs do not scramble. Cook 2-3 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat and whisk in 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese.

 

5. Toss drained pasta with sauce, bacon, remaining 1/4 Cup of cheese & some of the reserved pasta water. Sprinkle with black pepper & Parmesan cheese just before serving.

 

 

ASPARAGUS

 

INGREDIENTS

1 bunch of fresh asparagus

1-2 Lemons (depending on how much you are making/lemon to taste)

chopped garlic to taste (I buy the little glass jars)

Freshly cracked pepper

 

 

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Cut about 1- 1 1/2 inches off the bottom of each piece of asparagus. Line a cookie sheet in tin foil and place asparagus on the cookie sheet.

 

2. Fully cover each piece of asparagus in olive oil. Squeeze lemon juice (to taste- I like a lot) on asparagus and use a pastry brush to lightly cover in garlic.

 

3. Bake for 5-10 minutes.

(our oven is absolutely nutso- we cooked ours for 7 minutes- I would keep an eye on your asparagus- you may need to leave them in the oven longer!)

 

 

Enjoy!

Both of these recipes are super easy. From start to finish dinner was READY & on the table in less than 30 minutes!



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V-Day Treat!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries..

*Sigh*

..I don't think I've told you about the story about my GIGANTIC Chocolate covered strawberry...

 

Right when City Creek Mall opened Spencer and I went down to check it out. We went into an extremely appealing store that sold lots of chocolates & treats.

I decided that I deserved a treat so I'd get a choco strawberry.

 

The girl behind the counter said, "7 or 9?"

... clearly I don't know what that means but of course I want the 9...

So as she rings me up for a $9.50 strawberry I almost peed right there on the floor.

"7 or 9" meant price.

That's right folks.. a NINE DOLLAR SINGLE STRAWBERRY WITH CHOCOLATE.

Just one.

ONE!

Needless to say I didn't want to eat such a thing of beauty. So I carried it around with me for two whole days admiring it. Eating it one lick at a time to make it last.

I will admit it was worth it.

 

SO.

Now here we are with Valentine's Day just a few days away.

Do not go buy chocolate covered strawberries.

This is quick & easy, and only cost me around $8.00

 

WHAT YOU NEED:

-A case of strawberries

(they were 2 cases for $4.00 at my local grocery store!)

-Chocolate Almond Bark

(I bought this for about $3.00 at my local grocery store!)

-A cookie sheet covered with wax or parchment paper

 

*Use a smaller saucepan for this so it's easier to dip the strawberries. You won't use as much chocolate if you use a small saucepan!*

 

Turn the burner on LOW. (the lowest setting possible!)

Melt a few chunks of almond bark at a time. BE PATIENT or it will burn!

 

While your chocolate is melting, wash off all of your strawberries.

MAKE SURE THEY ARE DRIED COMPLETELY!

(ANY trace of moisture will cause the almond bark to solidify!)

*make sure any spoons you use to stir stay dry as well!*

 

Once all of your chocolate is melted dip each strawberry very carefully by holding the stem.

(you can use a fork or something else to dip your strawberry, but I like to hold the strawberry greens up so they don't get chocolate on them!) 

 

Lay your chocolate covered strawberries to dry on your wax/parchment paper.

 

EASSSSYYYY!

If your chocolate starts to thicken, you used too much heat or heated it too quickly!
You can thin your chocolate by using a SMALL amount of vegetable shortening.

DO NOT use water or milk!!

 

SOO..

I paid $9.00 for one chocolate covered strawberry &

I made 24 myself for under $8.00

 

 

I ate at least 5.

Awesome.

 

 

XOXO



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Apple Crisp

This was by far the best Apple Crisp I've ever had!
Ya'll know how much I love Martha Stewart, but I try to steer away from her recipes. They usually consist of cheeses or spices I've never even heard of. When I read those ingredients I immediately go to the next recipe.

 

I found this Martha Stewart Apple Crisp recipe and it was SO EASY I couldn't believe it.

You'll love it, and your house will smell DELICIOUS!

 

All of the ingredients you'll need are listed above!

 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together flour, brown sugar, salt, & 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar. Cut butter into flour using pastry blender or two knives, until mixture is the texture of coarse meal. Add oats, and use your hands to toss and squeeze mixture until large moist clumps form. Transfer to freezer to chill while you prepare your apples!

**Right now Winegars has Gala apples on sale- two 3lb bags for $5.00!**

2. In another large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice, cinnamon, and remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Transfer to a shallow 2-quart baking dish and sprinkle with topping mixture. Place baking dish on a rimmed baking sheet, and bake until golden and bubbling- about 55 to 65 minutes.
Let cool 10 minutes before serving.

 

I even went full out for the occasion and bought myself some vanilla bean ice cream.

AND ate my apple crisp and ice cream in my VS Sweats.

 

 

THE END.
 



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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

OKAY, THIS pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe is SO GOOD!

..and SO easy..

 

[All of the ingredients needed are listed above]

 

1. Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil & egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon & salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.

 

2. Add vanilla & chocolate chips

{if you like nuts, you'd add about 1/2 cup with the chocolate chips- I think they're disgusting so I didn't add them}

 

3. Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

 

SERIOUSLY THAT'S IT!

this made EXACTLY two dozen cookies.

 

And they were freaking good.

 

At this point there was only 1 cookie missing after this picture was taken there were 4 missing, and I was home alone.

 

 

Was my cookie dinner delicious you ask??

Why yes, yes it was.

 



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Sweet Treats.

I'm sure everyone has had this cake at some point or another..
Better Than Sex Cake!

I made this cake for my bridal shower on Saturday and it was GONE. After an ENTIRE MONTH of ZERO sweets in February I couldn't have picked a better treat to ring in March.

Holy hallelujah for sugar!

I thought I'd post the recipie I used for everyone to have. Yum!

BETTER THAN SEX CAKE

Ingredients:

-One chocolate cake mix- I used the 'extra moist' cake mix.

-Ingredients listed on cake mix

-One can of Sweetened Condensed Milk- (NOT Evaporated!)

-One jar of hot caramel sauce (like the kind you put on ice cream)

-One 8 oz tub of Cool Whip

-3 Heath Bars

Follow the instructions on your cake mix box- bake as directed.
As SOON as you pull your cake out of the oven, poke holes all over in the cake with a wooden spoon handle.
Once you've poked the holes pour the entire can of sweetened condensed milk all over the cake and let it cool COMPLETELY in the fridge.
Once it's cool, heat up your caramel sauce just enough to get it to pour out, and pour the entire jar of caramel evenly over the cake. Let it cool COMPLETELY.
Next, you'll spread the cool whip evenly on the top of the cake.
Crush the 3 heath bars and sprinkle them on top of the cool whip.

This cake is to die for, and even better the next day!

It's super easy to make and everyone LOVES it!

(P.S. pictures from my bridal shower to come later. It was the cutest and I LOVED it!)



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