Simple Cooking

Lemon Alfredo

One of our favorite things to eat around here is pasta! I have made so many different recipes of pasta with a white sauce that I couldn’t even begin to count them.  Recently, I had a coupon for a jar of  Bertolli pasta sauce.   I normally prefer some type of homemade alfredo or at the least one made from a dry mix.  Something about jarred white sauces aren’t very appetizing to me.  It usually taste like a jar.  However, I thought this would be a good thing for a quick dinner and I had never tried this brand.   Then as I started preparing it, I thought maybe I could add some pizazz to it.  I added a little of my own things and I actually loved it!  It was also still pretty quick and easy to make.

Ingredients:

13.25 oz of whole wheat linguine (generally this is size of wheat box)

1 jar of Bertolli Garlic Alfredo Sauce

Juice of one lemon

3/4 cup of Parmesan cheese

1 cup of frozen peas

1/2 tsp of italian seasoning

about 2 cups of  cooked chicken pieces

Mix the lemon juice, alfredo sauce, parmesan cheese  and italian seasoning over medium heat and cook until heated through.  Meanwhile be boiling the pasta and the peas as directed on packaging.   Mix the sauce with the pasta, peas and chicken.  I seasoned the chicken with a little italian seasoning also.  You can top with extra parmesan cheese to make it a little more cheesy.  This serves 4-5 people.