Reduced Fat Alfredo Sauce with Whole Grain Pasta
Delicious, aromatic, and easy. This reduced fat version passes the kid test. You'll be able to serve it with your favorite pasta, meats, and vegetables.
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 358kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour or gluten-free flour of choice
- 1 cup 2% reduced fat milk
- 2 tbsp cream cheese softened
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest grated, fresh
- 1 tbsp parsley fresh, chopped
- 3/4 cup romano pecorino or other favorite italian cheese
- 1 dash white pepper optional
- 1/4 tsp salt may use up to 1/2 tsp
- 8 oz whole grain pasta or other favorite pasta
Instructions
- Melt Butter in saucepan
- add garlic and lemon zest; cook until soft, about 1 minute
- add in flour, stir
- add milk, whisk together until smooth; cook, stirring constantly, at medium temp until thickened and bubbly, about 3 minutes
- add cream cheese and romano pecorino cheese;
- Note that cream cheese will be difficult to completely mix into the milk; if will taste good even if you see little pieces. However, if you want to combine it until it's creamy, you can use an immersion blender.
- Add chopped parsley
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 358kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 451mg | Potassium: 230mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 405IU | Vitamin C: 1.8mg | Calcium: 300mg | Iron: 2.3mg