This simply dish was created by a Roman restaurant owner named Alfredo di Lelio. The main ingredients are butter, cream and Parmesan cheese. It’s an easy and delicious dish (how could it not be with these fabulous ingredients?!) that you could make any weekday evening; but the calorie conscious may not want to make this dish every night.
Easy to make fettuccine Alfredo. (AP Photo/Larry Crowe)
Fettuccine Alfredo
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup heavy cream
1 ½ pounds fresh fettuccine
2/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Melt butter in a small saucepan over moderate heat and add cream. Simmer until cream begins to thicken slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Set aside.
Place fettuccine in a large pot of boiling salted water. Turn off burner and place a tea towel over the top of pot and pasta should be ready in about 20 minutes. Drain the pasta and return it to the pot. Over low heat toss the sauce with the pasta and add the Parmesan until all the ingredients are mixed well. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately on heated plates. Sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese if desired.
Serve with green salad, crusty bread with butter and a great bottle of wine.
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Kissing Penguins, photo courtesy of the Georgia Aquarium
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a penguin finds love at the Georgia Aquarium. Considering penguins mate for life, this is a very important feat. Follow along on his pursuit for a mate as you watch this adorable and fun-loving video. You don’t want to miss this one: Penguin Love Lost and Found.
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the world’s largest with more than eight million gallons of water and the largest collection of aquatic animals. These rainy days are a great time to experience the aquarium and all its wonders including the playful South African penguins in their new habitat, the “Georgia-Pacific Penguin Plunge.” So stop by and check out their new digs. The Georgia Aquarium is open 365 days a year. For additional information, visit www.georgiaaquarium.org.
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On Super Bowl Sunday, February 7th, over 400 Hooters restaurants in The United States and Canada will donate all their stores sales for to-go and dine in, food and beverage orders for the duration of the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl Game to the Haiti relief effort. The money raised will go to Stop Hunger Now, an international hunger relief organization that’s Raleigh, N.C. based coordinates the distribution of food and other life-saving aid around the world.
The Sunday of the Super Bowl is historically the largest sales day of the year for Hooters. This is the 6th year in a row that Hooters is giving away a TV in every location during the game, and sales are expected to hold true to the high sales trend.
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