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Here's how restaurants makeAlfredo: The cream, butter and cheese. We buried the cream and made a white sauce base with flour, milk, butter and Parmesan cheese in our version of an Alfredo pasta recipe. We solved one major drawback of Alfredo pasta (which is a lack of any real nutrition) by addingchicken, Broccoli, mushrooms, and, for good measure to the sun-dried tomatoes.

Nutrition:540 calories, 14 g fat (6 g saturated), 520 mg of sodium

Serve 4

You will need

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons flour
3 cups milk 2%
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 c grated Parmesan
Black salt and pepper
1/2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups broccoli florets bites
8 oz cremini, sliced
1/4 cup chopped dried tomatoes
8 oz breast cooked chicken into thin slices (roast chicken store bought works well)
12 oz whole wheat fettucine

How to do it

1. For the béchamel, melt the butter in a medium-low heat in saucepan.
2. Whisk flour. Cook for 1 minute. Slowly pour in the milk to avoid lumps. Add garlic and cook, stirring often, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until thickened well.
3. Stir in the Parmesan and season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
4. Heat oil in large skillet or saucepan saute over medium-high.
5. Add broccoli and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add mushrooms and tomatoes.
6. Cook for 5 minutes or until vegetables are lightly caramelize.
7. Stir in chicken. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to the instructions of the package.
9. Drain, reserving a cup of the cooking water. Return the pasta to the pot, add the sauce and the chicken mixture and toss to coat.
10. If the sauce is too thick, add a little pasta water to thin it. Seers immediately.

Eat

This stuff powder you shook the green can all these years? This is not cheese. Parmigiano-Reggiano, as dictated by the Italian Government, comes only from cows of northern Italy and is aged at least 12 months. The result is one of the best cheeses in the world, to turn salty, nutty and sweet. Look for the dotted stamp on the rind of the cheese, a sure sign of authenticity. It is expensive, but $ 8 hunk will keep for months.

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