Cauliflower Alfredo sauce

So I was over at a friends house yesterday, and she made some yummy Alfredo sauce. But here's the kicker...she added a whole head of pureed cauliflower to it!! What an added nutritional bonus! It made the sauce nice and creamy and cut out a ton of fat. Add some chicken, broccoli and pasta and you've actually got a pretty healthy meal! Next time I make Alfredo, I'm doing it this way. Thanks, Taylor!

1 head of Cauliflower (pureed makes about 3-4cups)

1 small oinion

2 cloves of garlic

3-4 tbs butter

3-4 tbs flour

1 cup half and half
1 cup Chicken broth
1/2-1 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese
salt and pepper to taste.

Cut up cauliflower cook in water with a little bit of salt and pepper for about 10 mins or until soft with the lid on. Then cook with lid off until the water is almost gone. While the cauliflower is cooking I sauteed the onions and garlic in a little butter until soft. Once the cauliflower is done I put in a blender or you can use a hand blender add the onions and garlic to the cauliflower then blend until creamy.

Now in a sauce pan create a Rue by melting the butter then add the flour and whisk it. let the flour cook for a min to cook out the flour taste. Then whisk in the cauliflower mixture, half and half, and chicken broth. I also added some salt and pepper. Once it has thickened then add the cheese and salt again to taste.

You can add in chicken and broccoli too like I did.

This recipe feeds 5-7 people.

New Years Resolutions

Well, the new year is here. It's that time to revisit old goals, blah, blah, blah. My trick with resolutions is to only make one a year that I can actually stick to. Last year, it was to do my visiting teaching and I must say, I failed miserably. I started out good, but then I just slacked off. I was thinking about doing it again this year, until I could actually do it for the whole year, but then realized that probably won't happen. Since I'm expecting baby #3 in March, I figure there will be at least one month I don't do it, so I'm going to make my resolution one that is attainable. So here it is...........(drum roll please!)


No More White Trash Yard!!!!!!!!!!

I know what you're thinking. You live in a mobile home. That's impossible. But I beg to differ. About a month ago I was trimming trees and blowing some leafs off the rocks and one of our neighbors gave me the thumbs up. I then realized that we are the house on the street that the neighbors are embarrassed of.

We have a so-called easy care yard. Let me tell you something. They are liars. Every time it rains, those stinking weeds start growing up through the rocks with a vengeance. It's not like I can just mow them up like I would on a normal lawn. I have to either pull them up individually or blast them with weed killer, which is hard to do when you have a 3 year old and 1 year old following you around.

So my goal is to take one section of yard to work on each Saturday. If I can do this, maybe by spring it will look good and I can plant some bushes or something where the weeds usually get the worst. We'll see how that goes.

So Happy New Year to you all and may all your resolutions be attainable!