White Out Party Pasta

White Out Party Pasta

Perfect for a large gathering such as a swim team pasta dinner or Super Bowl party!

INGREDIENTS:

4 lbs of your favorite pasta (I use Culinary Circle Cavatappi Pasta- specialty pasta found at ACME Market that’s shaped like a Spartan helmet!)

2 packages Knorr Alfredo sauce mix

4 8 oz. bags of fancy Italian cheese blend (fontina, asiago, mozzarella, parmesan, romano, etc.)

1-quart heavy cream

4 15 oz jars Alfredo sauce

Fresh grated nutmeg, to taste

1 stick butter

½ cup chopped Italian flat leaf parsley

Grated Parmesan cheese

COOKING DIRECTIONS ARE REALLY SIMPLE!

Boil pasta in a large stockpot to al dente, drain.

Generously coat large lasagna pan with butter or cooking spray.

Preheat oven to 350*F.

In a large bowl, mix Alfredo sauces, Italian cheeses, heavy cream, milk, nutmeg, and chopped Italian parsley.

Pour pasta mixture into lasagna pan.

Dot with butter, top with aluminum foil and bake dish in preheated oven for I hour or until dish is hot and bubbly all over.

Remove foil, sprinkle top with grated Parmesan cheese and return to oven under low broil for 3-5 minutes or until top is golden brown. (Careful not to over-broil!)

Let set for 5 minutes, and then serve immediately.  

This is a real crowd pleaser!

Variations:

Florentine: mix in a 10 oz package of defrosted and drained chopped spinach, to the pasta mixture, bake as directed.

Chicken alfredo: poach boneless chicken breasts in water with a teaspoon of sweet curry powder, let cool, then with a fork shred chicken and add to pasta mixture, bake as directed.

How I survive being a swim team mom

I have three kids, all nearly launched, into post high school lives. My days have led me through many challenges, new mom living with my mother in law, pediatric cancer parent, and most recently, swim mom. I say that loosely, although I've thrown myself into it with fervor. Probably too fervently, depending on which of my three kids you ask at any given moment. Like when I host a swim team dinner.  I go way overboard and cook up 8 lbs of White-out Spartan Pasta, 6 lbs of spinach lasagna, 4 gals. of victory punch, a super-size bowl of mud, candy dishes of pretzel m&m's and cow-tales on every coffee-table! In my next life as a swim team mom, I wanna come back and without regrets and with perfect aplomb,  simply send in a batch of home-made, melt in your mouth brownies!!