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Recipe in: One Dish Dinners

Pasta with Bacon and Leeks

Total time: 20 minutes
     This is my answer to the much more decadent Fettuccine Alfredo and a variation on Spaghetti Carbonara.  Leeks are best in this, as they are mild, but you could substitute 2 onions, just sauté them until very tender and starting to brown.

Pasta with Bacon and Leeks Ingredients:

 Instructions:

Note:  I used whole wheat pasta.

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               Nutrition Information
            
 
Recipe serves 2 
         
Entire Recipe / per serving
Calories:   1780 / 890
Total Carbohydrates:   148 / 74
          Dietary Fiber:   6 / 3
Total Fat:   94 / 47
         Saturated Fat:   33 / 16.5
Cholesterol:   947 / 473.5
Protein:   91 / 45.5
Calcium:  1286 / 643
Sodium:    2255 / 1127

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/