Easy Alfredo Sauce

I was in need of a quick meal tonight as I didn't have anything planned.  I have lofty goals of doing some crock pot meal freezer kits one of these days so as to avoid the scurry of planning a meal - but I'm just not there yet.  However, I have been trying to use some of my Pinterest recipes.  I don't know about you, but I have a tendency to Pin away and barely look back at the Pins at times.  So, I am trying to get better in that area & hope to feature my favorites and fails on this blog along with anything else that I may throw in here and there! Anyway, here is a great Alfredo sauce recipe via Pinterest that I made tonight & my family loved it! See below for my instructions and a link to the blog with the original Alfredo recipe.  Enjoy!

Original Recipe & Photo via My Crazy Blessed Life

Easy Alfredo Sauce
1 tsp. minced garlic
4 oz. light cream cheese
3 Tbs. butter
2 tsp. garlic powder
3/4 cup 2% milk
1/3 cup grated or shredded Parmesan cheese
Dash of salt
Dash of fresh ground pepper

*In a medium saucepan, saute minced garlic in a bit of olive oil until golden.  Next throw in your butter and cream cheese - heat at low to medium heat until both start to melt.  Gradually whisk in your milk - make sure you are whisking on a regular basis and that heat is not too high as you do not want your mixture to scorch.  Stir in seasonings and cheese.  If sauce seems too thick for your liking, just whisk in a bit more milk.  Sauce will thicken upon cooling, so keep this in mind.*

I did make a few changes from the original recipe to suit my families' taste.  I added minced garlic and used light cream cheese while also decreasing the amount of butter and cheese a bit (as my family tends to put cheese on the finished product as well).  I did not stray from the the original recipe too much and I am sure the original is wonderful just as it is!

While the Alfredo sauce was cooking, I boiled some Linguine.  I tossed in frozen broccoli during the last few minutes of boiling then drained all of it together.  Leftover grilled chicken was a perfect fit for this meal, so I heated that up.  My hubby & kids dished up their own plates... pasta w/broccoli topped with chicken and lastly the Alfredo sauce.  I received rave reviews & requests to make it once again.