Alfredo Sauce

I have been craving Alfredo sauce lately but I'm not in the mood to have jar sauce. So I figured I would try to make it from scratch. I've been spoiled a little bit by Melissa who has taken me out to lunch/dinner. We've had olive garden and Papasitios twice already. But each time we go to olive garden I get Eggplant Parmesan. So now it's time to indulge in some yummy Alfredo sauce. I got the recipe from http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Quick-And-Easy-Alfredo-Sauce/Detail.aspx. Luckily they have an option where you can adjust the servings. So I adjusted it to serve 2 because I am low on Parmesan cheese. I will give you the original recipe that serves 4. Here we go...

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 cups milk
• 6 ounces grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions  

Melt butter in a medium, non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Add cream cheese and garlic powder, stirring with wire whisk until smooth. Add milk, a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps. Stir in Parmesan and pepper. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency. Sauce will thicken rapidly, thin with milk if cooked too long. Toss with hot pasta to serve. (I used whole wheat penne and I threw in 1tsp of flour to help with thickening. Plus I love garlic so I added extra garlic powder.) Serves 4

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 659 | Total Fat: 57.7g | Cholesterol: 167mg