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!
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Parmesan Alfredo Sauce
Ingredients
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- 1/2 c. butter (you can sub Smart Balance light)
- 1/2 c. heavy cream (can sub evaporated milk)
- 3/4 c. Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 t. salt (I don’t think it needs this but you might)
- Dash of pepper
Instructions
- 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.
I am so glad you liked it! xoxo
This is an amazing sauce! I love it, it’s easy and simple ❤️
I’m always looking for recipes to use up my condensed & evaporated milks.. thanks for 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.
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!
Made this last night! It was FABULOUS!!!!
Love Alfredo! This looks too good to resist. I'd probably eat this until my stomach hurt, too!
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!
Yummy! Do you use fresh shredded parmesan or powdered?
Can you also use half and half. I have a bunch I need to use up?
This looks gooood! I love how simple and easy the recipe is too 🙂 Thanks for sharing 🙂
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!
oooh yum. i don't have a recipe for this so I'm really excited! Eric loves alfredo too!
little chicken, little cheese, little flat noodles
Ah yes – Alfredo – sinfully delicious!