Broccoli Fettucini Alfredo with Chicken and Sausage Roll

 So I started watching The Guilded Age. I'm a fan of Downtown Abbey and I was ready for the American version taking place in New York but the first time I watched it, I just couldn't get into it. That was months ago. Actually maybe an entire year. I decided to give it another go- and I made it through the first season at least. But I still find the show really hard to get into. I love that we have POC characters- which wasn't a thing in Downton. But the characters are just so boring. I think they are meant to be more gray characters and I feel like they are written in a way where they do "good" things so the audience will like them? Idk. I also feel the show is just so slow paced. Waiting a whole season to find out what Ms. Scott's secret. And the most boring couple to ever grace TV: Mr. Raikes and Marian. I might try to struggle through the rest and see if it gets better but so far...meh.

In the meantime- I been cooking, cooking this week. I'm actually so glad that this recipe came up because I have been craving an Alfredo. I decided to go all out and make my pasta. I try to use the pasta machine at least once a year. To try and get my moneys worth. That probably took the most time. The Alfredo sauce was easy. And I added chicken because I like a bit of protein with my Alfredo. I almost bought fresh broccoli but in the end went with frozen which I just warmed in the oven until it was time to throw it in. And there it was....one of the best dinner's I made this year! 

Next up, Sausage Roll. I guess it's supposed to be a pretty iconic British pastry. I lived in the UK and somehow never heard of them. But..I don't really eat pork either so that makes sense. Mine are definitely far from authentic. I did make the puff pastry. I hadn't made a puff pastry in YEARS so I was a little nervous to do it- but I went for it. I even used the recipe from the Harry Potter cookbook that was in the earlier pages. Came out perfect! I was so relieved when I cut into it and saw the layers of butter and dough.  I took a lot of shortcuts too because I didn't feel like fussing through all the turns. The recipe for the sausage roll was from the HP cookbook too. I used a chicken maple breakfast sausage from Applegate. Because that's the sausage I usually buy when I do buy it. I completely forgot to roll them up with the spicy brown mustard though so I just dipped the completed rolls in a mix of ketchup and mustard. Perfect for breakfast or as a snack. 

And I even have some puff pastry leftover that I threw in the freezer to use later on. I'm thinking maybe I'll do a homemade toaster strudel or something. 

And that's all. A very labor intensive week- but very satisfying!