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Easy Alfredo Sauce

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This easy alfredo sauce is good on plain pasta, raviolis or as part of a shrimp and pasta dish or vegetable and pasta.

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Easy Alfredo Sauce

This easy Alfredo sauce uses cream cheese, milk and Parmesan.

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbs butter
  • 1/3 cup cream cheese
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • pinch of pepper white is best!
  • 1/3 cup grated Parmesan plus more at the table

Instructions

  • Melt the butter. Stir in the cream cheese while stirring with a wire whisk. Add the milk slowly, stirring constantly. Bring just to a very low simmer and cook a few minutes.
  • Stir in the nutmeg and pepper. Add the Parmesan, stirring until melted.
  • Cover and let sit until your pasta is done. This sauce is a bit runny but good.

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7 responses to “Easy Alfredo Sauce”

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  5. Alfredo sauce lover Avatar
    Alfredo sauce lover

    Most recipes have cream, not cream cheese. You can also substitute half-and-half to cut down on calories.

  6. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    How wonderful, so easy and so simple I used skim milk and it came out perfect! thanks

  7. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    This is great! Family loved it.

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