Healthy Creamy Garlic & Spinach Alfredo Pasta
Sodium 98 mg
Potassium 291 mg
Phosphorus 212 mg
Protein 13 g
Absolutely mouth watering garlic and spinach alfredo recipe. By creating a simple compound roux with our garlic, we are able to create a beautiful, velvety alfredo sauce that is SURE to impress your friends. The best part about this recipe is that it's super easy to pull off and it can be thrown together in a short 30 minutes.
If you're like me and follow a low sodium diet, then you know that a dish like this is normally pretty difficult to pull off. A lot of alfredo recipes use tons of milk or cream, instead, we're going to be using a 2:1 ratio of stock to the milk, which will help cut back the sodium, and phosphorus for that matter (for the CKD peeps).
Ingredients
- 1 lb Penne
- 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter ( Olive oil will work as well)
- 3 Garlic Cloves
- 2 cup Spinach
- 2 tbsp AP Flour
- 1 cup Unsalted Chicken Stock (Unsalted Vegetable stock will work as well)
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/4 cup Low sodium parmesan cheese
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper, fresh ground
Instructions
- Start a large pot of water on high heat. Once boiling, reduce to a medium-high heat and add penne to pot. Stir occasionally so pasta doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot.
- While the pasta is boiling you're going to add the butter (or olive oil) and garlic in a large pan. Over medium heat, sweat out the garlic for 1-2 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Now we are going to make a compound roux. Stir in the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes. Don't forget to stir often so you don't burn it.
- Add the stock and milk, whisk until roux is incorporated, add spinach and cover. Bring mixture to a light boil, reduce to a simmer. Cook, stirring occationally, until your mixture thickens up nicely and your spinach is slightly wilted into the sauce.
- Add fresh ground black pepper and parmesan cheese, stir until the cheese is melted and incorporated nicely.
- Toss hot pasta with sauce and serve!
Five stars Excellent. Served this delicious Alfredo over spaghetti squash which makes it very healthy and less in carbs and sodium. Plan to serve this once a week for dinner. Thank you!!!!!!
So glad you liked it! Spaghetti Squash is one of my favorite things here!
UPDATE: The recipe and nutrition is now based off of this parmesan cheese
Where does one purchase Low Sodium Parmesan Cheese. Is there a brand you use?
Morgan,
Look for low-fat parmesan cheese. It’s almost always also the lowest in sodium. You can expect around 80mg/serving to be around the lowest you’ll find.