Recipe of the Week - Pasta Alfredo

Since this week's best deal was on Barilla Pasta from Stop and Shop I decided to share an alfredo recipe. 

Alfredo Sauce

1/2 C Butter

8oz Cream Cheese

1 tsp minced garlic or 2 tsp garlic powder

1 1/2 C milk

1/2 C of grated parmesan cheese

1.  Cook butter and garlic together in a pan until butter is melted. 

2.  Add cream cheese and whisk until melted and creamy.

3.  Add milk in slowly until sauce is smooth.

4.  Add parmesan cheese and stir.  Remove from heat and toss with pasta.  

5.  Sauce will thicken quickly so be sure to toss with pasta immediately and do not over cook.

This recipe is a great easy sauce to to add vegetables and chicken.  I cook this up and toss in steamed broccoli and grilled chicken.  Yum!  This is a great recipe to capitalize on a few good deals this week.  Stop and Shop had Philadelphia Cream Cheese on sale 2 for $3 and Barilla Pasta $1 a box but with coupons you ended up with five boxes for $1.  The sauce will cost you $1.50 for cream cheese and the rest are pantry items.  Pasta will cost you $0.20 then add in a pound of chicken for around $5 and some broccoli for $1 and you have a complete meal for $7.70.  This should easily feed a family of five at $1.54 a person!