So this is what I made with my super successful homemade vegan fettuccine pasta from scratch - I converted it into a skinny/low calorie Alfredo pasta recipe. I love how creamy this white sauce tastes and to get a good texture, I used spinach and sweetcorn – which is one of the hit combos at my home. I love how the colors work on this recipe – loads of white with specks of yellow and green. Although I love a cheesy Alfredo sauce, making something very rich for a weekday dinner every week would be impossible. That’s when this low calorie recipe was invented. This is a zero cheese Alfredo sauce, nonetheless very creamy. Also, by using this recipe there is zero chance of your sauce turning lumpy. You would have a smooth, silky sauce in less than ten mins that uses no butter or cheese. All that would be left to do is sauté the vegetables and mix it with the sauce. Stir everything together with the fettuccine pasta – yumm!
To make Low Cal Creamy Spinach Sweetcorn fettuccine Alfredo Pasta
What I used –
- Toned Milk, 2 cups + ¼th cup
- All-purpose Flour, 1.5 tbsp
- Olive Oil, 1 tsp
- Spinach Chopped, 1 cup
- Sweetcorn Kernels, ½ cup
- Finely Chopped Garlic, 1.5 tsp
- Finely Chopped Onions, ½ cup
- Black/White Pepper Powder, ½ tsp
- Red Chilli Flakes, ½ tsp
- Mixed Dried Italian Herbs, 1 tsp
- Cooked Fettuccine Pasta, 2 cups
How I made –
1. In a nonstick pan, bring 2 cups of milk to boil. In the remaining ¼th cup milk, mix the all-purpose flour. Bring this mixture to the boiling milk, stir well. Keep the flame on low.
2. In about 3-4 mins, the sauce thickens. Add the pepper powder and salt required for the sauce. Mix well. When the sauce coats the spoon and forms an even layer, it’s of the right consistency. Switch off the heat. Keep it aside.
3. In another pan, heat oil. Add finely chopped garlic. Fry for 10 secs. Add finely chopped onions and fry until translucent. Add finely chopped spinach and sweetcorn kernels.
4. Fry the vegetables for 2-3 mins until the spinach slowly changes color and wilts. Add salt required for the vegetables. Also add the dried Italian herbs and red chilli flakes. Fry for another minute or two until the raw smell is gone. Mix the sautéed vegetables with the prepared white sauce. Mix well.
5. Bring the cooked fettuccine and Alfredo sauce together. Mix well. If the sauce is too thick, add few tablespoon of the water used to cook the pasta.
6. Serve hot-hot immediately 🙂
Note –
- The alternative method to make white sauce is to heat a teaspoon of oil/butter, fry the all-purpose flour until nice aroma comes up. Mix it with milk and whisk very quickly so as to not form lumps. This method is a bit tricky as the mixture can turn lumpy in a matter of seconds.
- Additionally, a cube of cheese can be added to the prepared Alfredo sauce.
- Instead of olive oil, butter can be used to sauté the vegetables.
- Adjust spice levels as per preference.
- Instead of spinach or sweetcorn, white button mushrooms or green/yellow zucchini can be added.
- If desired, grated cheese can be added on top.
dreamzandclouds
I am going to try this too.....you definitely make it sound easy & yummy 🙂
CHCooks
Hahaha 🙂 It really is easy! Hope you like it as much I do 🙂
dreamzandclouds
I am not able to keep up with your posts, I am more of a weekend cook and your posting delicious recipes everyday 🙁
CHCooks
Awwww 🙂 so sorry dear! Good thing is these posts are going to be here for ever 🙂 I'm glad I'm capturing these recipes.. Sometimes I tend to forget too 😉
dreamzandclouds
that's true....and thanks for sharing 🙂
CHCooks
My pleasure dear 🙂
Freda @ Aromatic essence
I had a feeling it would be Alfredo !? Looks awesome ? Alfredo can be calorie heavy with all the heavy cream and cheese ! I sometimes skip the cheese and make it this way too , but I use butter ?
CHCooks
Hahaha 🙂 You guessed it right then 🙂 Yeah, butter would taste good but husband hates it literally and to further make it skinny, I end up using olive oil dear 🙂
Freda @ Aromatic essence
Olive oil is indeed a good option here 🙂
CHCooks
Yeah it is 🙂
MyCulinarySaga
Awesome 🙂
CHCooks
Thank you dear 🙂
Lynz Real Cooking
Wow this looks so creamy and delicious!
CHCooks
Thanks again Lynn 🙂
srividhya
Alfredo without cheese is interesting.. 😉
CHCooks
🙂 🙂
Traditionally Modern Food
After getting such a cool stuff how can u say no to pasta.. Alfredo s my fav:-) your version looks interesting
CHCooks
Thanks a lot Vidya 🙂
Bharani
Yummy 🙂
CHCooks
Thank you Bharani 🙂
Love Served Daily
My favorite kind of pasta. Looks awesome
CHCooks
Thanks a lot dear! 🙂
Vajeea
this looks so creamy, yummy, lovely and sooo mouth-watering!
CHCooks
Thank you Vajeea 🙂
Abida
It's the calories that have put me off making fettuccine myself, but I am so glad to see a lighter version, thank you!
CHCooks
Thanks to you, for this comment 🙂 Welcome here Abida!
Chitra Jagadish
Looks super luscious dear Ch... love the combo of spinach and sweetcorn... 🙂
CHCooks
Thanks a lot dear Chitra 🙂
Sharvari ( Mumbai to Mumbai)
Looks so creamy and yum ! Love the sauce and we love spinach and corn combination at home too !!
http://www.mumbaitomelbourne.com/food-and-health-blog-posts/medu-vada-ulundu-vadai
CHCooks
Thank you Sharvari 🙂 Welcome to my blog! 🙂
Hopping onto yours 🙂