Pasta with Creamy Mushroom Sauce 

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Serves: 4 person(s)

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins

Feel indulgent while sticking to your weight loss goals with this creamy mushroom pasta.
Per serving: 349 calories and 7g fat
Saves: 216 calories and 15g fat over traditional creamy pastas!

Ingredients:

Traditional creamy pasta dishes have oodles of fat and calories. The healthier Pasta with Creamy Mushroom Sauce uses fresh herbs and low-fat sour cream, Canadian bacon and less shell pasta.

If nonfat sour cream is available, you can use it instead of low-fat sour cream (calories 327, KJ 1369, fat 2 g, sat.fat 0 g, chol 11 g).

To learn more about recipe makeovers see CalorieKing's library article "Smart Substitutes: Your Guide to Low-Calorie Cooking Alternatives".

Recipe Makeover
2 slices Canadian bacon or links of lean turkey bacon, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 4 flat mushrooms, sliced 7 oz lowfat sour cream 3 cup shell pasta, cooked 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper 1 Tbsp fresh thyme leaves

Traditional Recipe
2 thick slices bacon, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder 4 flat mushrooms, sliced 7 oz sour cream (or heavy cream) 4 cup shell pasta, cooked 1 pinch black pepper 1 tsp ground thyme

Directions:

RECIPE MAKEOVER:

Gently cook bacon, onion and garlic in a large saucepan until soft. Add mushrooms. Cook 3 minutes. Drain fat. Remove from heat. Add sour cream, pasta, pepper and thyme; combine. Stir in cooked pasta.

Serve hot in pasta bowls.

Variations:

If desired, serve sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese and a green salad and/or vegetables. Serving suggestions not included in nutritional information.

Author:

Fresh Finesse