Cheese Pasta Sauce Recipe For One
An easy alternative to a classic alfredo sauce, Cream Cheese Pasta Sauce requires just a handful of ingredients and 10 minutes to make. You’ll enjoy this pasta with creamy sauce as a simple side dish, or add your favorite protein to make a gourmet pasta dish in minutes.
I love making Fettuccine Alfredo with homemade sauce, but that sauce takes a bit to make. It takes a bit of time, and a bit of preparation and focus to get a traditional alfredo perfect.
Cream Cheese Pasta tastes very much like a traditional alfredo sauce, but it’s way easier to make since there’s no need to make a roux with flour. That also makes this a gluten-free cream cheese sauce and will be delicious on your favorite gluten-free pasta.
Stovetop Macaroni And Cheese
If you love the idea of adding cream cheese to make a pasta sauce, you should also try my Boursin Mashed Potatoes where I add Boursin creamy cheese with garlic and herbs!
Love Pasta? Me too! This recipe is just a small step up from my Buttered Noodles recipe and my Garlic Butter Pasta recipe. All three are easy and economical pasta recipes that you can make in a short amount of time.
Be careful not to overcook and dry out the sauce, as soon as it comes together and reaches the perfect consistency remove the pan from the heat.
White Sauce Penne Pasta
This creamy, savory pasta side dish is delicious with so many things. I love to serve this with simple protein entrees like Air Fryer Grilled Chicken Tenders a Grilled Steak, or Bacon Wrapped Chicken.
Turn cream cheese pasta into a gourmet pasta entree by stirring in your favorite cooked protein and veggies. Try diced chicken or steak, and sauteed mushrooms and spinach.
Pasta water is a combination of hot water and starches given off by the cooked pasta. The starch helps to make a thickened sauce that sticks to the pasta.
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Check out this guide I made that walks you through how to cook perfect pasta and gives you all of my best pasta-making tips and tricks.
This recipe is going to really elevate your dinner routine! Enjoy serving cream cheese pasta to your family, they are going to love it.
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Easy One Pot Cheesy Pasta Recipe
Cream Cheese Pasta Sauce is an easy version of a creamy alfredo sauce that is made with just a handful of ingredients and ready in ten minutes.
Calories: 497 kcal , Carbohydrates: 77 g , Protein: 4 g , Fat: 22 g , Saturated Fat: 13 g , Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g , Monounsaturated Fat: 6 g , Trans Fat: 1 g , Cholesterol: 70 mg , Sodium: 214 mg , Potassium: 144 mg , Fiber: 1 g , Sugar: 75 g , Vitamin A: 938 IU , Vitamin C: 3 mg , Calcium: 70 mg , Iron: 1 mg
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.This stovetop Macaroni and Cheeseis a perfect classic – and it just happens to be made in one pot. Butter, flour, pasta, milk, cheese and a few seasonings is all you need to make this epic classic that’s on the table super quick!
Creamy Broccoli Pasta
Of all the versions of Mac and Cheese I have, this Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese is the one that I use most frequently because the effort vs output is off the richter scale.
It would be easy to assume that I make this in one pot for convenience. But I swear to you, that’s not the reason why. Less washing up is a side benefit. The reason I make this in one pot is because the starch released from the pasta mixes in with the sauce and emulsifies it, creating a cheese sauce that is silkier and clings better to the pasta than making it the traditional way (i.e. cooking the sauce and pasta separately).
This isn’t just a theory of mine, it’sthe proper way to make Italian pastas. The way Italians have been making it ever since the dawn of time. Every single pasta recipe on my blog is finished off by tossing the almost-cooked pasta in the sauce with a splash of pasta water.Doingthis thickensthepasta sauce and it clings to every strand of pasta so you don’tend up with a pool of pasta sauce at the bottom of the bowl. I chatter on about this technique in every single pasta recipe I share. (See all my pasta recipeshere!)
Quick Sicilian Style Tomato Sauce
And by applying this same technique to Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese, the sauce comes out really luscious. Silky and glossy, and it clings to every macaroni. No gluggy sauce!!!
And it all cooks together at the same time! Because the sauce thickens as it cooks, it needs to be stirred frequently. Not constantly, but pretty frequently. A leisurely stir every now and then, taking a sip of wine in between andflicking through a magazine.
Now that’s a nice vision of preparing dinner, isn’t it?? (Just to be clear, that’s not what it’s like for me most nights….I wish it was!!)
Garlic Parmesan Pasta (one Pot!)
I thought a cooking video would be especially useful for this recipe so you can see the thickness of the sauce when you take it off the stove. If there is one tip I’d give for Mac and Cheese – any Mac and Cheese, even baked ones – it’s this: take the sauce off the stove BEFORE it’s the consistency you want. The sauce continues to thickenas you stir it and serve it. And it thickens really fast.
I know there are many fancy schamcny Macaroni and Cheese version “out there” in this big wide world.Truffled, Lobster (yes, really!), multiple types of cheeses, loaded with cream. The list goes on and on. And I’m definitely partial to playing around with Mac and Cheese myself.
But a real classic Macaroni and Cheese is something that everyone should know. I realise I’ve completely contradicted myself here because this is a one pot version which isn’t traditional! But the end result is absolutely bang on traditional. 😉
Cheesy Sausage Pasta (one Pot)
Recipe video above.This classic Macaroni and Cheese just happens to be made in one pot! Though made with the usual ingredients, the sauce is extra silky and glossy, and it clings to the macaroni without having to make make the sauce super thick because the pasta is cooked in the sauce. So there's no risk of gluggy Mac N Cheese or overcooked pasta.
1. I like to use a mix of mozzarella (because it melts so well) and some cheddar or tasty cheese for flavour. But you could just skip the mozzarella - I don't recommend using just mozzarella (not enough flavour).
AUSTRALIA: Do not use Tasty Cheese! I have found that some brands can result in the sauce being a bit floury. Some are ok, some are not - safer to say don't use Tasty Cheese!
Buffalo Chicken Pasta
2. This recipe is pretty forgiving as long as you take it off the stove before the sauce reduces so much it disappears! The liquid to pasta ratio is such that by the time the liquid reduces down to make a sauce, the pasta is just cooked.
REMEMBER: * Pasta keeps cooking in the sauce after you take it off the stove. So take it off when it is still a teeny bit firm! * The sauce thickens ALOT after you take it off the stove when you stir the cheese in and simply by stirring it. It is better to take the pot off the stove too early than too late.
TROUBLESHOOTING: * If you take the pot off too late at the sauce becomes too thick, just add a splash of milk or water. Easy fix! * If you take it off too early, just pop it back on the stove.
Creamy Tomato One Pot Pasta Recipe
3. I make my stovetop Mac and Cheese in one pot because I think it comes out better, using just the traditional ingredients. The reason is because the starch in the pasta releases into the sauce as it cooks, making it silky, glossy and it clings to the pasta. This is a technique used by Italians for all their pastas. Read more in the post!
4. My Baked Mac and Cheese is made differently, but you can bake this one too. Mix panko breadcrumbs with butter and parmesan, take the pot off the stove before it's done but enough sauce has reduced so the breadcrumbs will stay on top, then pop under grill/broiler for a few minutes. During this time the pasta will continue to cook. This recipe is very forgiving so don't stress if your timing is a bit out!
5. Nutrition per serving, assuming 5 servings. I only use a pinch of salt in this because I find the cheese is salty enough.
Super Easy Creamy Tomato Pasta • Salt & Lavender
Serving: 211 g Calories: 472 cal (24%) Carbohydrates: 46.3 g (15%) Protein: 19.9 g (40%) Fat: 22.9 g (35%) Saturated Fat: 14.1 g (88%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.8 g Cholesterol: 67 mg (22%) Sodium: 343 mg (15%) Fiber: 1.7 g (7%)
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