Creamy Jambalaya Pasta

So, this is almost a full week of Pinterest recipes. The creative bug will not strike until maybe this weekend with the chocolate cheesecake recipe I’ll whip up. Now, it’s just a week of trying other people’s recipes. Tonight, it’s Creamy Jambalaya Pasta from Plain Chicken.

Now, remember, I’m still trying to keep my fat intake down…and well the rest of my calories down. So, all of these recipes have been altered to be low fat. I mean…I need to do something before my gigantic arse explodes. *sigh* Since this crud that I’m infected with hasn’t gone away yet, no hiking this weekend. Thank goodness I didn’t do the cheesecake thing this weekend. The No Pudge brownies and lowfat ice cream are perfect since my body requires me to be lethargic.

Yes. I like 99% of all species cannot stand being sick. I’m the WORST at feeling helpless and unable to do things for myself. But, I digress.

No, this isn’t my picture. And mine didn’t look like this, but that’s because I have been mis-informed that fat free evaporated skim milk can take the place of heavy cream in recipes. It curdles. S didn’t even let it come to a boil before he reduced the heat to a simmer. I just wish that WalMart had FF half and half from Land O Lakes. Well, that and a few other key ingredients I seem to have to stop at another grocery store on the way home FROM WalMart.

Maybe it’s the cold, my headache, that I’m just in a cranky mood, or because I have two new pair of hiking pants and won’t be able to use them until Saturday. I mean…pants. JUST for hiking! I’m DYING to try them out!! Much more professional than my Danskin pants. WOW! Tangents abundant tonight.

Um…the dish. S says, “It tastes okay, but it’s smoky or something.” Me, “That’s because it calls for smoked paprika.” S, “Oh.” *snort* He reads recipes just as well as I do! I liked the smokiness of the dish. I didn’t like that it was uber salty at first. Emeril’s Bayou Blast is the staple Cajun seasoning in our house. We use it for more than just Cajun seasoning. It’s a bit on the spicy side sometimes. Tonight being one of them, but not too spicy that I couldn’t eat it.

The pasta was a tab al dente so the sauce was soaked up a bit in the left over cooking. It added to the creaminess and made the curdled sauce not so lumpy. I really wish that it wouldn’t curdle and I really should read what makes fat free evaporated milk curdle. BUT not tonight. I’ll be lucky to make it much past 8:30 tonight. GAH! Again with the tangents… It really was quick. I didn’t really taste the white wine flavor and you could easily sub broth for it and not miss it. Maybe beer? Red wine? I don’t know. I just didn’t taste the white wine so I’m not sure it really enhanced the flavor.

It was good. Contrary to all my tangents….it was good! I can’t wait to see what it tastes like tomorrow for lunch. It did come together quickly and easily. Made for a perfect week night meal. I will definitely be making this again, but probably will bite the bullet and get the cream to go with it.

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