Organic Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

Author: Lyn via Kelly the Kitchen Kop

1 pound of your favorite pasta these days I use mostly Einkorn pasta
Soft butter for greasing the pan pastured butter is best for more nutrients!
Optional: 1-2 pounds boneless chicken breasts cut into chunks (pastured chicken from a farm you trust is best – if you don't have a local source, find healthy meat here.) Also, you could use steak, that's really good too!
Optional: Any chopped veggies like red or green peppers asparagus, green beans, broccoli, summer squash, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, etc. (If you add both veggies and chicken, and if you're putting it all into a 9x13, you'll need to decrease the amount of pasta a little or it won't all fit.)
1/2 cup pastured butter
2-4 cloves fresh garlic or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Half onion chopped small
8 Tablespoons flour I use mostly Einkorn flour these days
1 teaspoon sea salt — possibly more when you taste-test you'll know if it needs more
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
3 3/4 cups liquid – I usually use part milk part cream, and part homemade chicken broth, you can use any combination you have.
Seasonings of choice — 1/2 teaspoon or more of the following: onion powder oregano, parsley, Italian seasonings, paprika, seasoned salt, etc.
4-6 ounces freshly grated Parmesan cheese and/or Asiago cheese
8 ounces shredded Mozzarella cheese if you're baking it

Start cooking the pasta according to directions.
Butter a 9×13 baking dish (no Teflon!) Cut up the chicken and place around the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle with desired seasonings, I like sea salt, pepper, paprika. Add the veggies if desired.

Melt 1 cup of butter in a medium saucepan, saute a few cloves of fresh garlic and the onion until they smell dreamy and are softened. Add 8 Tablespoons flour and whisk until smooth, then add 1 teaspoon sea salt and pepper to your taste preference and cook on low heat, continuing to stir, for 3 minutes. Slowly add the liquid and keep stirring with a whisk. Taste-test to see what it needs, if it tastes bland, it needs more salt. Add seasonings as needed and keep whisking, keep the burner low so it doesn't all burn at the bottom. Remove from heat, stir Parmesan and/or Asiago cheese until melted. (Or just sprinkle on top as you plate it if you're not baking it.)
Drain pasta and mix it with the sauce, then spread it all over the chicken and vegetables. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes, and then sprinkle on the Mozzarella cheese and bake another 15 minutes or so until it's melted.
Note: Sometimes I'll saute the chicken a little with the spices, just until it's no longer pink inside (any longer and it gets tough instead of tender) and then throw everything together, that way you only need to get it hot in the oven
OR you could serve it without baking at all. Just mix the pasta, sauce and chicken (if you're using it) together and serve with parmesan on top.