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This week has been pretty off.  Actually “pretty” is a bad word here.  It has been an UGLY off week.  I’ll just sum it up with:

I was sick, a child had a split tooth, another child made a bad decision (yea, that’s the ticket), and ….well, those things took up a lot more time than they do space here.

How about a recipe?  Alfredo for a crowd? okay this crowd was my family, which includes a teen boy and his friend another teen boy (who for some reason thinks this recipe needs cheddar, but I assure you, it does not).

Kathy’s Chicken Alfredo

2 tablespoons olive oil or butter

1 clove/bulb thing of shallot, chopped fine (finely?)

5-6 cloves of garlic, minced (more if you like)

1 pound sliced mushrooms (I used white and baby portabellas)

1 cup white wine (I use the cooking kind)

1 quart heavy whipping cream

12 oz freshly grated parmesan cheese

Salt & Pepper to taste

3 chopped, cooked chicken breasts

Sauté shallot in olive oil until translucent, add garlic and sauté until fragrant. Add mushrooms and cook until soft, then add wine and reduce by half. Slowly pour in whipping cream and stir until hot.  Gradually add in an ounce or so of parmesan cheese and incorporate well before adding more cheese, repeat until all cheese is melted, add salt and pepper.  Reduce heat to lowest setting and stir in chicken, remove from heat when chicken is warmed through.

Serve over pasta of choice, top with more parmesan if desired.

Enjoy!

Chili Dog Pizza

For about a year now, Saturday has been pizza night at Villa de Morgan.  Whether it be store-bought, frozen or homemade, we usually eat pizza that night.

Over time, I have learned how to make a decent pizza crust and throw together a pretty good pizza.  My favorite is chicken alfredo on french bread.

However, I have been wanting to try some new pizzas and a while back I remembered watching Rachel Ray make chili dog nachos and thought it would be fun to try the concept on pizza. 

I announced to the family what I was planning and Kyla was sure we would all die within days.  The men folk were willing to try it, so I went forward.

I was crunched for time, so I thought I would use crescent roll dough for a crust (it works really well on breakfast pizza).  So, I covered my two largest greased pans with the sticky, buttery dough.

Then, I decided that it should be par-baked.  I put the pans in for about half the recommended baking time at 375*F.  I am glad that I did.

Next, I spread hotdog chili evenly over the crusts.  Buy the good stuff or make it (I will share that recipe another time).

Colby Jack cheese shredded into a sherbet container -  is that so wrong?

Spread it over the chili (or get a little person to help).

      

About ten sliced hotdogs were plenty (almost more than plenty).

 

See, they look like pepperonis! My helper topped the cheese with the sliced hotdogs.

Then, a little more cheese (why not?).

Bake at 425*F-ish until cheese is sufficiently melted and the crust is golden brown.

 

Enjoy.

     

Okay, this was pretty good.  However, the crust was not substantial enough.  I will try again with a homemade whole wheat crust.  Oh! I will also serve this will chopped onions next time, I love them on chili dogs.

Oh, and three days later, Kyla is not dead!  She actually ate leftover chili dog pizza for lunch yesterday.

God Bless!