Fettuccine Carbonara
Although the weather has failed to reflect it here in Texas, fall is here! That means I get to start hiding under layered clothes. Bye bye, bikinis! I'm already starting to crave the hearty meals; stews, pastas, casseroles, chilis; that accompany the change of seasons. That being said, we recently came back from a trip out-of-town and I had to pull something together from the pantry/deep recesses of my freezer because my lazy butt didn't want to go grocery shopping after sitting on an airplane and at airports for the last 5 hours. So here comes dinner's savior: Fettucine Carbonara! I almost always keep some bacon and shredded parmesan in the freezer, some eggs in the fridge, and some type of pasta in the pantry. Picked off some of the last leaves of Italian parsley from my herb garden and, Voila! Dinner! This recipe comes courtesy from my friend Laura's parents. In a bind, I replaced white wine with sherry and subbed fettuccine for rigato...