CHICKEN MONTEREY

Chicken Monterey is not only a crowd pleaser, but also is perfect when you’d rather enjoy the company of your guests than running around in the kitchen like a “chicken” with your head cut off …(little pun there). You can assemble this at least 3-4 hours ahead of time and then bake it when you’re…

DOUG’S FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Unfortunately, due to how fattening pasta is for me, I could eat fettuccine for breakfast, lunch and dinner yet never get tired of it. There are a million swanky fettuccine recipes, we even had one in Washington D.C. at a restaurant called “Cantina di Italia”, that had caviar in it which was out of this…

DUAL EFFORT HOMEMADE RAVIOLI

I’m calling my recipe for ravioli “dual effort” because it is so hard to roll the dough that I felt like my arms were going to fall off. Just as an “angel from Heaven”, little Douggie came to my rescue. The dough is very thick and “elastic-like” which keeps shrinking as you try to keep…