Pasta with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
Feel indulgent while sticking to your weight-loss goals with this creamy mushroom pasta. This Recipe Makeover yields less calories and fat than traditional creamy pastas.
Per serving: 349 calories and 7g fat.
Saves: 216 calories and 15g fat!
About this Recipe Makeover
Traditional creamy pasta dishes have oodles of fat and calories. The healthier Pasta with Creamy Mushroom Sauce uses fresh herbs, low-fat sour cream, Canadian bacon, and less shell pasta.
Ingredients Show Makeover Show Traditional
- 2 slices Canadian bacon or links of lean turkey bacon, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 4 flat mushrooms, sliced
- 7 oz low-fat sour cream
- 3 cup shell pasta, cooked
- 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
- 1 Tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 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:
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.
If nonfat sour cream is available, it can be substituted in an equal amount.
Serving suggestions are not included in the nutritional analysis.