Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Ava's new favorite food

When we were at Grandma and Grandpa's after Christmas I happened upon a package of plain gnocchi in their cupboard and made them for dinner one night to go with a pork roast my mom was making. The ready made ones found in the pasta aisle are lightning fast to make. Boil water, add, cook until they float (about three minutes). I served the gnocchi with sauteed mushrooms, melted butter and Parmesan cheese. Everyone liked them but Ava went nuts for them.

I shouldn't have been surprised, she loves these http://steamykitchen.com/6515-pan-fried-pumpkin-gnocchi-browned-butter-sage.html but I only make them in the fall when I have fresh pumpkins from the patch and sage from the garden to work with.

The bummer about buying prepackaged convenience food is that a pack of gnocchi from the pasta aisle is about $3.50. If you know my husband and how much he consumes during the course of a meal you'd now that we need two packs per meal. Ouch. Needless to say, gnocchi has become a treat around here. Last night I decided to make some myself using this recipe. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-Potato-Gnocchi/Detail.aspx The recipe is imperfect but it's a good jumping off point. I almost tripled the recipe and flash froze a small serving for later use when Daddy isn't around.

I served them with a knock off recipe of OG's Alfredo Sauce and they were delicious. The sweet potato flavor was barely noticeable, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. I will be making them again soon.

Here's the recipe for the knock off Alfredo sauce. I use this recipe in my creamed spinach also.

8oz cream cheese (softened)
1/2 c butter
Heavy cream and milk
1 Tsp garlic powder
3/4 c parm cheese

Cut cream cheese and butter into cubes and melt over medium heat in a saucepan, whisking often. When melted, add cheese and garlic along with combo of milk/cream to achieve desired thickness. Serve when warmed through.

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