Super Creamy Skinny Alfredo Sauce Recipe (10 Minutes, 7 Ingredients) Sauces/Condiments Pasta Dinner Vegetarian Italian Recipes Low Sugar Recipes

Who doesn't love alfredo sauce? But face it: there are a lot of calories in regular alfredo sauce. The butter, cream, cheese. Oh, my. This easy low-calorie alfredo sauce recipe is rich and creamy, but uses Neufchâtel or low-fat cream cheese, less butter and low-fat milk. And this skinny recipe cooks in less than 10 minutes!

All you need to make this healthier alfredo sauce recipe is butter (just 1 tablespoon), garlic, lemons for zesting, flour, low-fat milk Neufchâtel or low-fat cream cheese and Parmesan cheese. The easy alfredo sauce is lower in calories than traditional alfredo sauce and cooks up on the stovetop in about six minutes.

Serve this creamy healthier alfredo sauce recipe over fresh pasta, dried pasta, chicken, fish, shrimp or even vegetables.

Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 4 minutes
Cook Time: 6 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 (enough for 12 ounces of pasta)

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup low-fat milk
• 2 tablespoons Neufchâtel or low-fat cream cheese
• 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Here's how to make it:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and lemon zest. Cook 30 seconds. 
2. Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
3. Whisk in the milk and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook, stirring, for about 3 minutes or until it begins to thicken.
4. Add the cream cheese and Parmesan. Stir until smooth, about 1 minute. If possible, grate fresh Parmesan cheese. Fresh cracked black pepper really adds a lot of flavor to this alfredo sauce. Store the alfredo sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator. 

Recipe cooking times, nutritional information and servings are approximate and provided for your convenience. However, 30Seconds is not responsible for the outcome of any recipe, nor may you have the same results because of variations in ingredients, temperatures, altitude, errors, omissions or cooking/baking abilities. Any nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and it is up to the individual to ascertain accuracy. To ensure image quality, we may occasionally use stock photography.

Take 30 seconds and join the 30Seconds community, and follow us on Facebook to get recipes in your newsfeed daily. Food, fun, health, happiness.