This lighter Healthy Alfredo Sauce is the perfect comfort-food upgrade, simple, creamy, and ready in about 8 minutes!
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This healthier twist on classic Alfredo uses cottage cheese and milk instead of heavy cream, giving you big flavor with less fat. It blends up in minutes and cooks in a hot skillet until silky smooth. Toss it with your favorite pasta for an easy, satisfying weeknight meal.
How To Make Lightened Up Alfredo Sauce
First, gather your ingredients.
Ingredients
For best taste, always use the highest quality ingredients you have access to.
To make this healthier alfredo recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
- Milk (2% or a plant-based option like cashew or oat)
- Small-curd cottage cheese (2% or 4%)
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- Garlic, chopped
- Cornstarch
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Ground nutmeg
Don’t like the texture of cottage cheese? There’s no curds here! The blender smooths it all out.
Make it dairy-free: Swap in plant-based milk and vegan Parmesan or nutritional yeast.
Sauce too thin? Stir in a little extra Parmesan until it’s right.
Don’t freeze: Dairy can separate after thawing. This is best stored in the fridge for 2-3 days.
Cooking Protein Alfredo With Cottage Cheese
Cottage Cheese Alfredo is a simple recipe that can be made in just a few steps. Here is how to make it.
First, blend.
Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender.
Blend until completely smooth, pausing to scrape down the sides once or twice.
Next, cook the sauce.
Pour the sauce into a wide skillet over medium heat. Once it starts gently simmering, cook for about 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until it thickens to a sauce-like texture.
Finally, season & toss with pasta.
Taste and adjust salt or pepper if needed. Add your cooked pasta to the sauce.
Toss to coat, and simmer together for an additional 2 minutes.
Serve
Plate immediately. This sauce is best when hot and fresh.
Leftovers
Store leftovers in a covered container in the fridge for 2-3 days, max.
Always use common sense and good judgment when it comes to leftovers, though! If something looks or smells funky, don’t eat it.
I hope y’all enjoy this healthier alfredo recipe! Let me know if you try it.
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Healthy Alfredo Sauce
This lighter Healthy Alfredo Sauce is the perfect comfort-food upgrade, simple, creamy, and ready in about 8 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2% milk or a nut milk such as cashew or oat
- 1 cup 2% or 4% small curd cottage cheese
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
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Add all ingredients to a high speed blender and blend until smooth. Pause and scrape the sides of the blender as needed in between blending.
- Transfer sauce to a large skillet with a high rim and turn the heat to medium. Once the mixture begins to simmer, cook for about 3 minutes, stirring often, until thickened and resembling an Alfredo sauce.
- Taste and add more salt or pepper if desired.
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Add pasta to the sauce and toss together. Simmer for 2 minutes before transferring to a bowl.
Recipe Notes
I use Diamond Crystal Kosher salt.
This quantity of sauce should coat a 12-ounce box of cooked pasta.
You can garnish with chopped parsley.
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