Smarter Fettuccine Alfredo

Pasta alfredo is a guilty pleasure...but with this recipe you dont have to feel quite as bad about indulging once and a while!  A great thing about this dish is that we usually have all the ingredients already in the fridge/pantry.  And it whips up pretty quickly!

Ingredients:
8-oz fettuccine
1 1/4 cups chicken broth
4 tsp flour
1/3 cup cream cheese
3 Tbsp parmesan cheese
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Cook pasta as directed on package.  Meanwhile, combine broth and flour in medium saucepan. Stir in cream cheese, 2 Tbsp parmesan cheese, nutmeg, and pepper.  Cook 2 minutes,  stirring constantly with a wire whisk until mixture boils and thickens.  Drain pasta and toss with the sauce.  Dish out and top with remaining parmesan cheese and parsley.

You can add some cooked chicken strips to this if you want, but we usually just serve with a salad and some crusty bread.  Freshly grated parmesan cheese is best, but the parmesan style cheese from the grocery works too.  And if you dont have fresh parsley, substitute with dried.