Kenny loves pasta, and Casey isn’t too fond of it, so whenever Casey is out working late or out of town, I make all kinds of pasta dishes for Kenny and I to try. One of his favorites is penne pasta, cooked with green beans, and tossed in a modified homemade alfredo sauce (warm whole milk, a little butter and parmesean cheese, simmered until it’s thick). The hands down favorite, though, is spaghetti.
Tonight I was trying to come up with a different alteration, and created a super yummy sauce started from Safeways’ “O – Organic Marinara” and simmered with finely chopped chicken breast (raw, so it cooked in the sauce), chopped spinach and a touch of red wine. After I poured it on the whole wheat spaghetti, I doused it all with a big handful of freash grated parmesean. When it was ready, I called Kenny to the table… “Spaghetti’s Ready!” He was delighted with the rhyme, and said, “‘Peg-Getty Retty!” so I said, “Yeah… spaghetti’s ready, Freddy!” and he yelled, “FREDDY PA-GETTY!” and continued to repeat it over and over as he devored a huge plate of uber-healthy spaghetti. He really did eat more than I did.
His ear is nearly healed, as well. But there is no rest for the weary around here… one of my incisions opened up AGAIN (now four weeks post-surgery) and we had to traipse to the doctor’s again, where the surgeon found that one of the disolvable stitches didn’t disolve, keeping the wound from completely closing. Please tell me that’s the last time we’re going to a doctor for the next few months…
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4 responses to “Spaghetti’s Ready, Freddy!”
Barbara sent me a helpful hints sheet – it says if you put a dryer sheet in your pocket it will keep the mosquitoes away. That might take care of bug bites – now if she can send something to keep the Dr. away. 🙂
Oh you poor thing! One would think that disolvable stitches would DO JUST THAT, don’t ya think!?
Your pasta dishes sound delicious… wanna come cook at my house!?
Spaghetti! That’s what I need to fix! I fixed lasagna last week. Turned out pretty good, but it’s a hard thing to fix when I get in about 6pm and tired. My hubby is good about fixing supper too. But he has a full time job with our son all day. And right now, neither of us feel good. A cold or something.
Anyway, “pagetti” sounds good and fairly quick! I’m glad Kenny is better. And I’m glad you are on the mend…… Hopefully, you won’t have to see anymore dr’s for a while.
You poor thing! I can just imagine that you are “over” going to the doctor’s office. You are in my prayers!
I’m glad that Kenny likes “pagetti”. My kids are the only kids I know who don’t like “skabetti” (as it is known around my house). They love lasagna and pizza and I tell them that skabetti is just like those dishes, but with “worms” (their word for spaghetti noodles). Nope. All they want is “worms with Daddy cheese”. That translates to plain spaghetti noodles with a hefty amount of Parmesan cheese. I think next time I’ll try your modified alfredo sauce with some chicken. Hmmm. 😉