Kopy Kat

Recreating (or reinventing) your favorite restaurant selections...

I don't know about you, but my family LUVS to eat out. But it's costly right? Especially for a family of SIX like us!!! So I've come up with my own versions of a few of our FAVS. Maybe you'd like to give them a try? ~OR~ Have fun reinventing your own favorite restaurant classics!

The Sporkie (Bertucci's)
A traditional pizza topped with sausage and ricotta cheese. D-lish!!!
I buy fresh pre-made dough from my favorite grocery store (Roche Bros.), a ready-made pizza sauce, shredded blend pizza cheese, part skim ricotta and sausage links cut into chucks and cooked. Note: for a more authentic/homemade flavor you can also add some petite diced tomatoes with garlic and oil or actually make you own dough and sauce. I just don't have the time for such things! :D
Please note: This was tonight's dinner (along with a salad) and thought you might like to know that we're now stuffed fatter than the sauages atop the pizza! ;-)

Baked Tortellini and Chicken Gratinatti (Bertucci's)
Tortellini in a white sauce with diced tomatoes, grilled chicken and sprinkled with shredded Italian cheese blend then baked til hot and bubbly. A Hubby FAV!!!
I think it is Barilla that has a family sized bag of dried tortellini, which i use. Then again I use a pre-made alfredo sauce (because even though my homemade alfredo ROCKS THE HOUSE, I don't have the time so I save that for special occasions), canned diced tomatoes (again the garlic and oil kind are a tasty choice, but plain will do just fine too!) As for the chicken...here's another great chance to rollover some chicken you made earlier in the week. Especially if you used an Italian/garlic and herb/or similar marinade.
Please note: I use a rectangular baking dish becuase we like the crispy/chewy golden-brown cheese on top. Mmmm!!!

Enjoy!