Cottage Cheese Alfredo
This Cottage Cheese Alfredo sauce is a high protein version of everyone's favorite cream sauce with 17 grams of protein per serving. Made with cottage cheese, milk and fresh parmesan cheese, this is every bit as delicious and rich, but not as heavy as a traditional sauce.
Servings: 5 servings
Calories: 137kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups 2% cottage cheese (or full-fat) 330g
- 1 cup 2% Fairlife Milk or low fat milk
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese freshly grated
- 2 tsp. arrowroot powder
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
- fresh parsley for garnish, optional
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients into a high-speed blender. Blend on high speed for 60-90 seconds or until creamy.
- Add the smooth sauce to a sauce pan and heat over medium-low to medium heatuntil just warmed through and everything is smooth and creamy, about 5-7 minutes. Stir orwhisk the sauce frequently during the time it's heating up. Don’t over-heat or heat at too highof a heat or you risk the sauce separating. The sauce will start thin and thicken as it warms upand then continue to thicken as it cools down again.
Notes
- This makes roughly 2 1/2 cups of sauce. Nutritional information is for 1/2 cup of sauce, approx. 121 grams.
- This makes enough sauce to cover about 1 pound of pasta.
- This sauce is best eaten fresh. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat slowly on the stove for best results.
- Nutritional information is an estimate and will vary with substitutions.
Nutrition
Serving: 121grams | Calories: 137kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 438mg | Potassium: 131mg | Sugar: 3g
