Quick and Easy Low Carb Fettuccini Alfredo

Submitted by Dana on Thu, 2011-03-03 17:35

Wanted a smallish dish, somewhere between a snack and a meal, so I did this:

Drained a packet of tofu shirataki, fettuccini style. Snipped across them a few times with my kitchen shears, 'cause they're too long. Put 'em in a microwaveable bowl, and nuked them for a couple of minutes. Re-drained them, then gave them another couple of minutes and drained them one more time. This gets out a lot of excess water, and keeps them from diluting your sauce.

Then I added about 2/3 ounce of cream cheese, cut in little chunks, a tablespoon or so of butter, ditto, and half a small garlic clove, crushed. Stirred it all up till the cream cheese and butter had melted in. Then I stirred in 3-4 tablespoons of freshly grated Parmesan. A little S&P, and ate it! Just what I wanted.

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Clever!

Submitted by sorenkkg on Fri, 2011-03-04 19:22.

I'm learning how best to use these noodles. Love this recipe, b/c so far, I've found them good for asian applications.

I do this:

rinse (if they don't need to be parboiled, some don't now) well and pan dry the noodles in a nonstick pan over medium heat until almost all the excess water has disappeared.

Combine-- 2T soy sauce, 1/2tsp (or less) asian chili garlic sauce or sriacha and some extra garlic, 1T of no sugar peanut butter, and either a packet or 2 of sweetner OR 1T (or more) of coconut flavor sugar free syrup, like Davinci (or some coconut extract if you don't have the syrup but want the taste).

Mix the condiments into the hot noodles in the pan until well combined.

Chop up 1 green onion and add just before serving. As sprinkle of toasted sesame seeds would be nice too.

I think this tastes JUST like the "szechuan dumpling" sauce I used to get ages ago (and would lick the plate for).

You can add in some cooked chicken or shrimp for more protein-- I even added some leftover roast beef.

YUM!

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Submitted by Dana on Fri, 2011-03-04 19:25.

While I was clicking "approve" for this comment, I was wishing I could click "MASSIVELY approve" for this comment! Man, that sounds great!