I spent the most glorious hour and a half this afternoon hanging out with my friend Heidi and her brand new baby! Quinlan is absolutely adorable, and he has that new baby smell and fuzzy red hair on his head… I’m in love 
Congratulations again, Heidi & Adam!!!
When I got home after a ridiculous commute since our town has decided to cut every major road down to less than one lane in each direction, the last thing I wanted to do was cook a complicated meal. Luckily, there was a package waiting for me on the counter when I walked in!
The lovely and generous Monique from Al Dente pasta offered to send me some samples last week, and I was more than happy to try them. There are 5 different varieties that she sent, but for tonight’s Noodle Wednesday I opted to cook up the garlic parsley fettuccine with some broccoli florets, olive oil, and parmesan cheese… talk about comfort food!
The garlic flavor in the pasta itself was mellow and delicious, and made the preparation of dinner super simple. The best part? The pasta was perfectly cooked in 4 minutes! I can’t wait to try the other varieties, and SOON!
I have some cookies to bake tonight for the winner of a blogger bake sale… it’s one of those things that I keep meaning to do, and every time I go to bake, something comes up and I end up not baking. So, Michelle, if you’re reading, you WILL get your cookies!
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Have a great Thursday!
GARLIC noodles? Say no more – I’m sold
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The noodles look delish!
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I love Al Dente macaroni! Yum
Whitney @ Lettuce Love´s last blog ..Rainbow Wrap
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Those sound fantastic!! My mom used to make these garlic-butter noodles from some package when I was a kid so these sound very similar – yum!
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I love noodles with flavor! What a great food find
Enjoy!
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How funny! J’s sister took me out to lunch and a pedicure for my bday today and I had fettucine alfredo w/ broccoli!!
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oh, that def is a comfort noodle dish! i want!!!
can’t wait to hear what you think of those other noodles! looks interesting!
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Babies AND pasta? Does it get much better than that? Thank you again for your help today. You’re the best!
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Just found your blog – it’s great! Wow, that meal looks delish! I am just now getting more into pasta after a long lay-over – good timing with the onset of cold weather!
I also like that name Quinlan – cute and not that common.
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That looks so delish! And those noodles are done so quick!
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YAY for fantastic noodle samples!! Your dinner definitely sounds simple and delicious. FABULOUS choice going for that garlic fettuccini! I would have definitely picked that one first too! hahaha
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Just catching up on my blog reading – work has been INSANE lately! Hooray for Heidi! Wow, that’s a big baby – the last time I saw her was in August, and she was big then!
Love the noodle dish!
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Thanks, I will look forward to the cookies, they might be my snack on my trip this weekend!!
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what a tasty & healthy looking pasta! Delish!
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Funny! I love garlic flavor, which can prevent cancer.
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