This has got to be one of the best ways ever to do pasta!

So let’s talk pasta! Please tell me that you have all had the chance to eat at The Cheesecake Factory at least once??? It has got to be one of my favorite restaurants that I can remember ever eating at, but alas, they don’t extend there business all the way down here so I haven’t been in years. The last time I went though, was in Florida when my mom took Liv and I on a short little girl’s getaway trip. It was a blast and we had so much fun eating out and even hitting up some Disney parks while we were there.

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Anyway, we ate at Cheesecake Factory at least twice on that trip and both times mom and I wanted the same thing because it was so incredible. Their bowtie pasta with bacon, peas, chicken, and this yummy roasted garlic cream sauce that leaves you wanting to keep going back in for more even when you’re stuffed to your limit. In fact, it falls right next to coffee in that category of things being too hard to resist when they aren’t limited. It also doesn’t help that the portion sizes they serve at CF are enough for about four people (not that I’m complaing, hello leftovers!).

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Mom and I were thinking back to that trip recently and when we started talking about that pasta I just knew I had to make a copycat version of it for my gang and to share with you guys. Well that, and it was a cheaper option than buying plane tickets to the nearest branch of their restaurants.

Roasted garlic is sort of the star component to this sauce and it’s so, so easy to do. If you aren’t already going to be using your oven for another purpose though, it does seem a bit wasteful to heat the whole thing just for a head or two of garlic and that’s why I love using a toaster oven that heats a much smaller space. Every time I use roasted garlic I have one of those hand-to-forehead moments wondering why I don’t do it more. Then there is something about combining it with all of these flavors that makes the finished dish irresistible. Pasta would definitely be near the top of my weakness list and this is one of my all time faves!

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The recipe is available upon request. The first request gets an upvote.

ALL CONTENT IS MINE AND ORIGINAL! All of these food photos were taken with my Nikon D5300 and my favorite Lens, the Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G. You can find out more in my INTRO POST. And by the way, my intro post did a huge $0.21