PAN LIST

1 Saucepan 2-cup or 4-cup whichever

1 boiling pan about 6 inches
in diameter or 1-quart/2-quart size

1 strainer/collander for pasta


INGREDIENTS LIST

12 OZ. box of Fettucine (pasta aisle)
$.58 cents at WalMart


1 Envelope McCormick's Alfredo
Sauce Mix
[ found in the Gravy and
Sauces Envelopes section ]
$1.26 at WalMart

1 cup of milk

3 tablespoons of butter



INSTRUCTIONS


1. Take out 1/3 of the Fettucine
from the box. Fill the large
boiling pan about half full
of cold water and bring it to
a boil. Put the Fettucine in
the boiling water.

2. Follow the directions on the
back of the Alfredo Sauce Mix
envelope measuring out milk
and butter and bringing it to
a slow simmer, then adding the
envelope mix and simmering
on low heat for about 2 minutes
and stirring to get all the
lumps out.

3. Boil the Fettucine in the
water for about 5 to 7 minutes
until it is tender all the
way through but not mushy.
This is thicker than spagetti
so you can tell by halving
a string with a fork when
it's ready. Turn off heat.

4. Drain the fettucine in the
strainer, and dump out the
water from the boiling pan
and rinse it out a little
and put it back on a cold
part of the stove. Dump the
drained fettucine from the
strainer back into the large
pan. Add the Alfredo sauce
mix which will thicken as it
stands longer. Turn off the
heat.

5. With a large fork, toss the
fettucine a few times so the
sauce is mixed well with the
pasta.


I would suggest dividing the
Fettucine in half first and
see how that sits with you
as the fill factor on this is
deceiving. It doesn't take much
to get full.

You can get between one or two
meals from this pasta pile for
less than $2.50 if this is all
you have, and it will be more
satisfying than anything that
you can get from frozen dinners.


TOPPINGS:

You can shake on this dish either
a few bread crumbs from the
cupboard if you have them,
or some parmesan cheese if
you have that.


ADD-ONS:

A fresh sliced ripe tomato
with a sprinkle of salt is
totally good with this.

Fresh or frozen green
vegetables such as peas,
green beans, broccoli, etc.
are also good to add on
if you have it.

If the VA has been generous
to you this month and you
can pay for meat, in the
DELI section of the supermarket
they do sell packaged thin
slices of ham and you can
fry that up to add to your
plate. These are just pennies
per slice and are breakfast
sized for one person.


Veterans who are newly widowed
may have already had this dish
and can now fix it themselves.