Garlic Bread

Buy or make your french bread.
Buy the Johnny's Garlic seasoning from Costco and on the back are directions to make a garlic butter.

Pear Tart

Crust:
1/2 c. butter-softened
1/3 c. sugar
3/4 c. flour
1/4 tsp vanilla
2/3 c. finely chopped macadamia nuts

Cream together butter and sugar, add remaining ingredients; mix well. Press into a greased 8x8 baking dish. Cook at 350 for 2o min or until brown.

Filling:
8 oz cream cheese-softened
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla

Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, egg and vanilla; mix well. Pour over the crust.

Top:
1 can pear halves-drained
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Slice pears and arrange in a single layer over filling. Mix sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle over pears. Cook at 375 for 28-30 min.

Center will be soft set and will firm upon cooling. Cool on a wire rack for 45 min. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.


This sounds like a lot of work but it didn't seem like that much work when I was making it.

Olive Garden Fettucine Alfredo

8 oz. cream cheese- cut into bits
3/4 c. Parmesan cheese- shredded
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. milk
8 oz. Fettuccine, cook--drain

In large saucepan combine cream cheese, Parmesan, butter and milk; stirring constantly until smooth. Toss pasta lightly with sauce, coating well.

Leftovers freeze well...so the recipe says, but reheating this in the microwave just isn't the same as the fresh alfredo. Just to give you an idea of how much sauce this makes...I tripled this recipe for us 12 girls and went heavy on the sauce.