BEST HOMEMADE ALFREDO SAUCE EVER!

 

THERE'S NO POINT IN RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL.

When someone else posts an awesome recipe, they deserve the shout-out. For years, like so many of you, I reached for the jar of Alfredo Sauce from the grocery store and figured that was as good as I was going to get.  

Wrong! Oh, I was so very wrong.

Picture this. It's a few days to payday and the fridge is beginning to look a little on the lean side. We'd been working in the yard and garden all day, and we had no energy for lengthy preparations. The heat had sapped enough out of us that a heavy meal was out of the question. Dave came up with the brilliant idea of a pasta and sauce. A quick raid of the pantry provided pasta, but not enough tomatoes for a red sauce. Alfredo? Nope, no jar on the shelf. By now, our mouths were watering for Alfredo, and we knew we had the ingredients for that. A quick internet search found Cookie Rookie's recipe and we decided to give it a try. 

This stuff is so easy to make, I was amazed. Why not when I had a large wedge of Parmesan cheese and some leftover heavy cream from previous recipes? Grating Parmesan on a box grater is quick and easy. Just be careful and don't grate your fingers. Yep, voice of experience talking here. 

Homemade Alfredo Sauce - The Cookie Rookie®

When we made the Fettuccini Alfredo, we didn't really follow the directions from above. First, we didn't have fettucine noodles, and we were much too hungry to simply have pasta and sauce. We added mushrooms and black olives, and debated adding vegetables like bell pepper, onion, green beans, etc. 

The stuff smelled so heavenly, we couldn't wait to dig in. Yum!! And that's why I'm giving the shout-out. I can't improve this sauce, though I do encourage adding things like vegetables, olives, mushrooms, etc to the Fettuccini Alfredo recipe if you want something more substantial than a side dish. 

Enjoy!