• Garlic Pasta Sauce
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    Garlic Pasta Sauce

    My family loves all kinds of white sauces such as Alfredo and they love anything with garlic. I make Alfredo quite often, but unless I plan ahead, I rarely have heavy cream. There were many times that I wanted to make Alfredo but didn’t have the heavy cream or Parmesan cheese, so I figured out a way to make a white garlic sauce that they love that doesn’t require heavy cream or Parmesan. I never make it exactly the same way and it can be very flexible to accommodate your likes or dislikes. I start by melting butter in a large non-stick skillet and sauteing garlic, onions and sometimes mushrooms.…

  • Beef and Bean Enchiladas
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    Beef and Bean Enchiladas

    I saw post about chicken enchiladas last week, it looked good but I didn’t have any chicken.  I did have some taco meat frozen though, so I looked for a beef enchilada recipe.  I changed it of course to fit our preferences and it was divine.  I usually don’t really like enchiladas, but these were good, really good.  I used the homemade red enchilada sauce that one of the recipes used.  It was easy to make and I had everything in the house to make it.  I followed the directions pretty closely except I only used 3 tbls of the chili powder because my husband is a wimp with spicy…