What's For Dinner?
I pride myself on being very, extremely, organized and I live a well planned out life. But I have these "hiccup" days where I don't think ahead about what to thaw out for supper. On those days I pour myself a beverage and start thinking about all the food I have in both freezers and what I have that I can create something out of. This post came out of one of those days.
I dug in my pantry area and found a package of Creamy Garlic Alfredo Sauce mix. Ok, cool, I need pasta, wait lets add peas and bacon.
Even better, I'll also add some shrimp and scallops to the mix, right after I thaw them out in a bowl of water.
I boiled the peas for just a minute to thaw them out as they were frozen also.
Next, I chopped up the bacon and started browning the pieces.
When the seafood was thawed out I peeled and chopped the shrimp and pulled the little muscle off the scallops. Note here: I only buy "Dry Packed" scallops as they have not been injected with added liquid so they brown better and you are not paying for unnecessary water weight in your seafood.
When the bacon was done, I removed it from the pan and I added my scallops and my shrimp and let the entire mess cook until the seafood was done.
Next up I mixed up the sauce mix with some butter and half & half. I used the half & half because I have no milk in the house. For a package sauce this stuff is pretty good. It really rocks over spinach & artichoke ravioli. And yes, I do make my own Alfredo sauce from scratch but this was not a day when I had what I needed to make it.
Once the sauce had thickened up I added the bacon, peas, scallops and shrimp and let everything simmer for a couple of minutes.
I mixed in the cooked pasta and sat down to a delightful meal. My only complaint about this meal was that I grabbed a frozen hunk of peas and in the end I had way too many peas in the dish.
I dug in my pantry area and found a package of Creamy Garlic Alfredo Sauce mix. Ok, cool, I need pasta, wait lets add peas and bacon.
Even better, I'll also add some shrimp and scallops to the mix, right after I thaw them out in a bowl of water.
I boiled the peas for just a minute to thaw them out as they were frozen also.
Next, I chopped up the bacon and started browning the pieces.
When the seafood was thawed out I peeled and chopped the shrimp and pulled the little muscle off the scallops. Note here: I only buy "Dry Packed" scallops as they have not been injected with added liquid so they brown better and you are not paying for unnecessary water weight in your seafood.
When the bacon was done, I removed it from the pan and I added my scallops and my shrimp and let the entire mess cook until the seafood was done.
Next up I mixed up the sauce mix with some butter and half & half. I used the half & half because I have no milk in the house. For a package sauce this stuff is pretty good. It really rocks over spinach & artichoke ravioli. And yes, I do make my own Alfredo sauce from scratch but this was not a day when I had what I needed to make it.
Once the sauce had thickened up I added the bacon, peas, scallops and shrimp and let everything simmer for a couple of minutes.
I mixed in the cooked pasta and sat down to a delightful meal. My only complaint about this meal was that I grabbed a frozen hunk of peas and in the end I had way too many peas in the dish.
Sounds good but I like the brown rice & quinoa better than pasta😀
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