One of my fave's!

The first time I went to the Old Spaghetti Factory I fell in love with the creamy ranchy pesto dressing they serve on their salads. I know this is a little bit strange because it is JUST salad dressing after all and because if you know me, I really don't like eating at chain restaurants (I am not going to explain, just know that I like to try and keep it local when possible).  :D

I haven't been to the Old Spaghetti Factory in years, but I ran across this recipe on Pinterest for that very dressing! I was way excited and then I sat an reminisced about the times I ate there growing up - drinking Italian sodas - sitting in the little trolley car (I think it was a trolley car) - and such! Ooooh oooooh oooohhh and the spumoni ice cream - yeah, it was awesome!

So - in true Hailee fashion - I couldn't JUST make a salad, I had to serve this up with some yummy pasta and of course some sort of awesome bread.

Pancetta and Parmesan Scones - holy yum!

Chicken and Shrimp Alfredo

The FANTASTIC Creamy Pesto Dressing

For the pasta, I made your basic Alfredo sauce and served it over linguine (I like it better than fettuccine for some reason). You can find basic recipes for Alfredo here, here, and here. It is actually super easy to make and there are a ton of different ways to make it, but if you don't want to take the time - just get something in a jar or in the refrigerated section. I added some shrimp and chicken that were sauted with garlic, lots of black pepper, and a little bit of Italian seasoning - perfecto!

Those yummy little scones - yeah, I found this recipe cruising on the Internet too. Instead of bacon, I used Pancetta since I was making an Italian inspired meal and instead of gruyere, I used parmesan. These were awesome and came together really fast.

As for the dressing, it was very yummy. I suggest thinning out with some milk though - it was way too thick - like clumpy thick. About 1/3 cup of milk though or adding extra buttermilk worked though.

Well, I am off to figure out what to do for dinner. Maybe something adventurous!