Fettuccini Alfredo was always one of my very favorite dishes growing up. I can remember eating so much my stomach hurt on many more occasions than I’d like to admit:) Then I learned how many calories were in it! No wonder my stomach was hurting so bad. I still love alfredo sauce but with this recipe I can enjoy a long time favorite with slightly less guilt! Below is the extremely easy original recipe as well as the few substitutes I now make to it. I really like the parmesan cheese in it. And did I mention how easy it is?? I doubled the recipe here and added shredded chicken this time but think I would have preferred chunks of chicken. This would also be a very yummy dipping sauce for breadsticks!
Parmesan Alfredo Sauce
Submitted by Amy ~ The Sisters Cafe
Printable Recipe Here
1/2 c. butter (I use Smart Balance light)
1/2 c. heavy cream (I use evaporated milk)
3/4 c. Parmesan cheese
1/2 t. salt (I don’t think it needs this but you might)
Dash of pepper
Heat butter and evaporated milk on low heat in a sauce pan until butter is melted. Stir in cheese, salt, and pepper. Continue stirring until thickened. Serve over 8 oz fettuccini or another of your favorite noodles.
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Ah yes – Alfredo – sinfully delicious!
little chicken, little cheese, little flat noodles
oooh yum. i don't have a recipe for this so I'm really excited! Eric loves alfredo too!
OMG! This looks good! I've had a similar sauce at the dredded Olive Garden, and it was the only thing that tasted good there, so I'm sure this is even better. Bookmarked!
This looks gooood! I love how simple and easy the recipe is too :) Thanks for sharing :)
Can you also use half and half. I have a bunch I need to use up?
Yummy! Do you use fresh shredded parmesan or powdered?
Mind I used fresh shredded parmesan but I'm sure it would work with powdered too. And Hilary, I haven't ever made it with half and half but I bet it would work fine since half and half can often be a pretty good substitute for cream. Maybe slightly less rich but it does have like 60 less calories per 2 T. Let me know how it tastes if you give it a try!
Love Alfredo! This looks too good to resist. I'd probably eat this until my stomach hurt, too!
Made this last night! It was FABULOUS!!!!
I made this this week, and it was SO good! I didn't have smart balance light, so I used regular butter. But I did use evaporated milk, and I couldn't even tell. Jack even ate almost a full cup of pasta which is a ton for a 14 month old. :) So two big thumbs up on this!
All my kids want on their pasta is butter and parmesean cheese. I snuck this in on them and they all ate it (and loved it I might add)! I had to use real butter, fat free 1/2 and 1/2 and bottled parmesean (not my favorite, but only thing I had in a pinch). I would definately want to make it next time with real cheese, but it worked and was super easy.