If you noticed, I didn’t post as I usually do on Thursday. Whelp. Let’s just say I’ve had quite the week. I hate to start off a Friday post with a rant….but let me just get this out of my system and we can move on. Cool?
So basically, my hard drive crashed. And I learned the hard way that when you only use one external hard drive for literally e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g, when it dies you basically lose everything. So after speaking with the Apple Genius Bar (shout out to those guys for dealing with what was a very emotional moment) and then speaking with the actual company who makes my device (my passport by WD) I basically learned that there is nothing they can do. And so I walked away in tears knowing that I had just lost thousands of photos. Oh, and my heel broke.
Yesterday was tough. And so that’s why I haven’t been posting because I just had all of my shoots deleted (big breath) but luckily I still had this one on my camera’s memory card, which is amazing because guys this is the best pasta I’ve ever eaten in my ENTIRE life! It’s seriously fettuccine on crack and here is your warning, it’s addictive.
You basically throw everything into one pot (just brown the meat beforehand) and let it cook its way to perfection. From start to finish, I think this took me about 15-20 minutes to put together? And seriously, I should have made a double batch cuz this stuff is gone.
Now, unfortunately this isn’t one of those insanely delicious recipes that only looks bad for you. This baby has its fair share of cheesy, carby goodness. But after a bad day, or week isn’t that what we all need?
So let’s celebrate that it’s Friday! Whip up a batch of this pasta, turn on your favorite show and just remember that it’s the weekend!
Have a great one!
- 2 Italian sausage links
- 1 tbs olive oil (minced)
- 2 garlic cloves
- ½ box fettuccine pasta
- 1 jar of marinara sauce (I used a slightly spicy blend)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup shredded Jack cheese
- Basil for topping
- In a large oven-proof pot, add the olive oil, minced garlic cloves. Heat over a medium heat until the garlic is fragrant.
- Using your hands, push the meat from the sausage casings out into a bowl and, using your fingers, separate into small bite-sized chunks.
- Add to the pan and allow to brown on all sides.
- Once finished, add the marinara sauce and heavy cream into the pot and stir to combine.
- Add the pasta (I broke mine in half so it would fit) and bring to a boil.
- Cook for about 8 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked through.
- Pre heat the oven to Broil (I used the low setting)
- Remove the pot from the heat and sprinkle with the Jack cheese.
- Place under the broiler until the cheese has melted and turns golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and stir together.
- Serve warm!
Love that this dinner can feed so many but takes only 20 minutes to to prepare!
Yes! Me too, Phoebe! Quick dinners are a must!
Mmmm this looks like great Bachelorette food, the kind I would eat right out of the pot! 🙂 YUM.
Haha yes! And it makes for the best leftovers! (I just ate it for lunch!)
I seriously want to dive head first into this, looks amazing!
This looks amazing! Definitely a winner for next weeks meal plan!
Paige
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My husband and son would go nuts for this! I am adding the ingredients to my shopping list for this week! So sorry about your photos, one of my worst fears for sure. A few months ago I though I lost all of my personal photos of my kids off my laptop. Thankfully the amazing people at the Apple store got them back!
Oh, good! I’m so glad they were recovered! Personal photos are almost worse to lose. And I’m curious, were they stored on your computer? I’m trying to see if there is any hope for a recovery of my files off my external hard drive….
Well, there are two likely scenerios:
A) (and I have actually seen this one a lot) The enclosure for your hard drive is bad. This is a really easy fix (2.5 inch USB SATA enclosure on Amazon) Could also be a bad USB cable, did the geniuses try another one?
B) The hard drive inside the enclosure is bad (this is where things get expensive) Gillware.com (and others like drivesavers) can do crazy things with data recovery, but it’ll cost you $600-1200.
Back up your data in more than one place in the future if you can, Two hard drives or a hard drive and a cloud service like dropbox or google drive, or your computer and an external, or your computer and a cloud backup service like carbonite, mozy or crashplan.
Wow, I’m so sorry to hear about your hard drive, I can well imagine how upsetting that must be. The dish looks incredibly delicious and I just want to faceplant into it.
You know what, these things happen! We had been having too much good luck, so something had to go wrong sooner or later. And I am so serious, you have to try this! It’s one of those dishes you just can’t stop eating!
One pot meals are the best! …. I think this is another one I must try. We all love Jack cheese! And pasta! Oh and Italian sausage! 🙂
Yes! Definitely the perfect family meal!
That fettuccine looks SO utterly delicious!! And the sauce you made looks too yummy! Pinned 🙂
love the recipe.
but never buy anything from WD, they care not whether it breaks or how long it lasts. also if you went to the apple genius bar, it (probably) means you’re using a mac. mistake #2.
toshiba makes great reliable EHDs.
Haha I have learned my lesson about WD! And I must admit, I am a hardcore Apple girl. But, in my defense, it is really great for what I need it for (photo editing)! Have an awesome weekend, Zexar!
This looks delicious! Side note…Drive Savers in CA recovered almost our entire failed hard drive when everyone close to home told us we were out of luck. Expensive, but worth it!
Thanks for the tip! I am still waiting to hear back from WD (<--- insert angry face emoji here) so I will definitely look into Drive Savers!
This was delicious! Thanks for the great recipe! (:
I’m so glad you like it, Maritza! And thanks for coming back to comment 🙂 You made my night!
Is there also a vegetarian option for this dish? It looks amazing.
Hi Lucia, you can leave out the sausage and sub-in a meat-free option of your choice or just eat it without any meat. It is just as good without! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Hi, this looks killer! Do you have any calorie info for this dish? Thanks so much
Hi, Shari! I don’t have the nutritional info for this, but I’m sure if you plugged it into a calorie counter site you could find out! Good luck!
It looks such a great recipe, but I’m still in doubt. How much does half a box of fetuccini weigh? Here in Spain pasta comes in such a variety of boxes and bags that you can end with only two serves or fifty… Maybe around 450 grams?