Guiltless Alfredo Sauce

This is my go to recipe. Also it is my kids absolute Fav!! It doesn't hurt that it is around 100 calories for 1/4 cup serving. Not bad!

2 C low-fat milk

1/3 C (3 oz) low fat cream cheese

2 T flour

1 t salt

1 T butter

3 garlic cloves

1 C grated Parmesan cheese

Toss the milk, cream cheese, flour, and salt in a blender. Process until smooth and set aside. In a non-stick sauce pan, melt butter on med-high heat and add garlic. Let the garlic saute for about 30 seconds, you don’t want to burn it. It should be nice and bubbly.

Then add milk mixture to the pan. Stir constantly for about 3 or 4 minutes or until it just comes to a simmer. Keep stirring and let it cook for a few minutes more. It should be much thicker now.When it’s nice and thickened remove the pan from the heat. Add the cheese, stir it up and then cover immediately. Let stand for at least 10 minutes before using. It will continue to thicken upon standing. Also, if you have leftovers in the fridge, the sauce will thicken almost into a solid. Just re-heat and add a little milk and it will be back to normal again.

Here’s a few ideas:

-Darrell and my favorite: grate zucchini into long strips and steam until soft. Use instead of noodles. YUM!! SO GOOD!! and no noodles.

-Over pasta (I put chicken in it)

-As a dip for breadsticks-

-As a sauce on pizza -Mix it with pesto for a creamy pesto sauce

-Mix it with marinara for a creamy marinara sauce

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