If you love homemade alfredo sauce, you will enjoy this garden version. Create this easy alfredo sauce with bowties for the pasta and cooked veggies. Who knows? Maybe making homemade sauce will even coax your children into eating more vegetables.
Ingredients You Will Need:
8 oz. dried pasta (any variety)
½ cup light cream
1 tablespoon butter
�" cup grated parmesan cheese
2 cups cooked garden vegetables
(summer squash, carrots, zucchini, broccoli and cauliflower all work well in any combination)
Cook pasta according to package directions. Allow cream and butter to warm to room temperature.
Drain pasta and return to warm pan. Add vegetables and toss with pasta. Add light cream, butter and parmesan cheese. Toss gently until all is coated.
Transfer to a serving dish and grate parmesan cheese on top.
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