Very Low Fat Tomato Alfredo Sauce Recipes

REDUCED FAT ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• The key here is patience, add all ingredients gradually!
• Melt butter in sauce pan on stove top with medium heat.
• Gradually whisk in flour.
• This will create a yellow paste.
• Gradually add milk, whisking until incorporated and no lumps are present.
• Continue to whisk until hot.
• Usually 3-5 minutes.
• The longer you cook the base (without the cheese) the thicker the sauce will be.
• Add parmesan slowly, again whisking until incorporated.
• Add crushed garlic and pepper.
• Cook for 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Remove from heat.

VERY LOW FAT TOMATO ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sautee garlic 1-2 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook another minute or so.
• Mix broth and flour in same skillet. Stir in cream cheese, 2 tablespoons of the mozzarella cheese, and the pepper.
• Cook 2 minutes, stir constantly with wire whisk until it reaches desired consistency.

LOW FAT ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt Margarine over medium heat, add garlic and saute for 1 minute.
• Stir in Flour.
• Slowly add Milk and stir with wisk until blended.
• Stirring constantly, cook about 8 minutes or until thick.
• Stir in Cream Cheese and stir constantly for about 2 minutes.
• Add Parmesan Cheese and stir melted.
• Pour over your favorite pasta and enjoy.

TOMATO ALFREDO

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water, adding peas just before pasta is done. Drain.
• Combine tomatoes, sour cream, parmesan, and 1/4 cup reserved juice. Add pasta and peas. Salt and pepper to taste.

LOW FAT ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter until foaming. Stir in flour and continue stirring for 1-2 minutes until golden in color.
• Whisk in liqiuids, garlic, nutmeg,salt and pepper and continue whisking at a simmer until slightly thickened.
• Disgard garlic. stir in Parmesan and Romano. Stir until cheeses are incorporated.
• At this point you may remove from heat while you cook the pasta or continue with the recipe.
• Whisk the sauce until smooth and of desired consistancy. Adjust seasonings and add any other elements ( shrimp,chicken, scallions, broccoli etc) that you desire.
• NOTE: If adding heavily seasoned elements such as garlic shrimp be sure to make the sauce without the garlic, salt and pepper until you have finished the sauce. Then adjust the flavors at that point.

GUILT-FREE ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small skillet heat oil over medium heat; add in onion and saute for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned; add in the garlic and chili flakes the last 2 minutes of cooking (the onions must be lightly browned!).
• In a heavy-bottomed saucepan whisk/stir together milk, chicken broth, flour and black pepper over low heat until smooth, thickened and heated though.
• Add the the onion/garlic mixture to the prepared sauce; mix until heated through.
• Add/mix in Parmesan cheese and season with salt if desired.
• Serve over cooked pasta.

EASY LOW-FAT ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter over low heat (do not burn or sauce will take on nutty flavor).
• With a whisk, mix in the cream cheese and whisk until completely combined. (At first it will seem like it won't combine, but keep stirring until it does).
• Add milk and flour and continue to whisk.
• Once it heats up and is smooth add parmesan cheese and salt and pepper and stir to combine.
• Let it sit for a few minute to thicken.
• Lower fat recipe. Follow directions above--it will be slightly thinner, but will thicken upon standing.