Posted June 30th 2009 at 10:55 am by Body Conscious Blogger
We had this dish couple of days ago, when I started my “inventive mood”. I was making one soup a day and suddenly felt like I needed to break it up a little. The temperature outside was rising and I kept feeding my boys these hot soups and from the looks on their faces I deduced that they might soon fire me from my cooking duties for making them suffer through yet another bowl of hot soup. So I decided to reach for inspiration to Randy’s favorite restaurant (Oliver’s) and our latest visit there. We both had the same dish, which was linguine and chicken in some extremely rich creamy-cheesy sauce. Yes, I know that was sinful, but we went there in celebration of a year since our first face-to-face meeting, so we made an exception. I remember the sauce was so rich that I was unable to finish it, even though it was quite delicious. So part of my inspiration came from that meal at Oliver’s, even though the only ingredient that both of the meals share is the chicken. Now I needed to find something that would replace the heavy cream that was surely used in the meal at Oliver’s and I decided it would have to be Silken Soft Tofu. I’ve used it before, so I knew the consistency was just perfect for making sauces and dips. I also got inspired by that picture on the box on your right, even though, mine looks nothing like it.
So here is my invention. Mind you, it’s not even half as sinful as the one at Oliver’s….
So part of my inspiration came from that meal at Oliver’s, even though the only ingredient that both of the meals share is the chicken. Now I needed to find something that would replace the heavy cream that was surely used in the meal at Oliver’s and I decided it would have to be Silken Soft Tofu. I’ve used it before, so I knew the consistency was just perfect for making sauces and dips. I also got inspired by that picture on the box on your right, even though, mine looks nothing like it.
