Years back, in my ‘eating out in public restaurant days’ I had one of the best Italian dishes I’d ever tasted!

I literally sat through the entire dinner, picking my dish apart like a 4 year old, tasting each and every little thing I found in the hopes of adding it to my DIY ingredients list. I fully intended to PIRATE the goods out of that plate, if it were the last thing I did!

The dish’s actual name on the menu was “Chicken Alfredo with Artichoke hearts and mushrooms, in a white wine alfredo sauce… AMAZING!!!

I went to the grocery store that very week, buying the freshest boneless, skinless Chicken Breast they had, a large can of Artichoke Hearts, a huge tub of fresh mushrooms, and the best jar of Alfredo sauce, one could buy in a Safeway store. Oh yeah, and a loaf of French bread… I ain’t eatin pasta with out a good stiff dipping bread… duh!!!

I nearly left the grocery store with my DIY ingredients, before I remembered the wine… so I grabbed a fairly decent white wine, in part for the fettuccini sauce, but also for the scientist who’d be creating this At Home Masterpiece!

Trust me when I tell you, if you pay close enough attention to what you put in your mouth, your brain can successfully determine most any of the ingredients in the item.

I do it all the time…