Stroganoff w/Quick Alfredo Sauce

My sister made a big pot of Stroganoff one night and shared her leftovers with us. My husband liked it so much that he made a special request of it and now we have it frequently. My sister buys Alfredo Sauce in a jar, but I found a quick recipe online which I like (which is just as quick and cheap):





I add basil to my sauce (as I add basil to just about anything I can!). And I usually use Kroger's pre-made meatballs (in the frozen section), but today I used Armour's (orig. flavor vs Italian) and they are way superior. But I caught them on sale for $2.99 for a bag of 32.

So, this is what the kids and I made for lunch today. Devyn unloaded the dishwasher. Cierra stirred the sauce. I cooked the pasta & meatballs (in the microwave!) and mixed everything together. We can be such a team - at times...

SAUCE: Stroganoff

My sister brought us by a big pot of what I call Stroganoff with meatballs and some Garlic Bread recently. I think she had made an extra large amount for her family and our parents and brought us the leftovers. It was delicious. My husband was gone that evening, but even reheated he liked it so well that he bought some McCormick (I think) package that has a split pouch: one side for the meatball flavoring and one side for the pasta flavoring and he bugged me for a while to make it. Well, one night I was debating about what to do with some hamburger meat and he dragged out that package! We didn't have any egg noodles and I refused to use spaghetti noodles, so he went to the little store nearby. (I knew he wouldn't find any, but I started on the meatballs anyway.) He came back with some tiny sea shell pasta! I mixed those with spaghetti noodles and made the dang stuff. The meatballs were good. The pasta sauce was thin and insubstantial with no flavor. I called my sister and told her that she was to blame! ;o) I said "see what you got me in to. What did you use for your sauce?" She said she used Alfredo sauce! Oh yummy. No wonder. Well, yesterday I on my Food Gawker a photo of Carrot & Potato Gratin popped up and I clicked on it and was reading it. It sounds good, but the photos & step-by-step instructions were even more beautiful! This woman is a truly a talent. She had a link for Stroganoff Sauce at the bottom of that page, so of course I had to follow it... Now I'm going to have to try it. I've already created a recipe card:

I like that she says that it tastes good on chicken. I'm always looking for different ways to make chicken taste different since we eat a lot of it.

I bought a Raspberry Vinaigrette the other day. I won't put it on a salad or anything, but I'm going to look for ways to make a sauce out of it. I think it would make a flavorful base...

UPDATE: What I found.

Tequila Raspberry Sauce

Raspberry Wine Vinegar

Pinjur Sauce - nothing to do with Raspberries or Vinaigrettes, but looks appetizing!

Green Tomato Salsa - something my guys would probably like.

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