Semi Pasta Alfredo

This recipe simulates the taste of Pasta Alfredo without higher costs, or mind bending and exhausting activity needed to make an actual Alfredo sauce. It is an easy-to-make meal with all the rewards of eating an exquisite dinner.

Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon of Butter
2 Cups of Water
Pasta of any Kind
1 Can of Cream of Broccoli Soup
Pinch of Pepper
1/2 Cup of Parmesan Cheese

Optional Ingredients:
1 Teaspoon of Garlic Powder
Bell Peppers
1/2 Chicken Breast

Get a large pan with a high edge or a medium sized pot. Turn the heat to high. Add the butter first and let it melt down to where you can easily slide it around to coat the bottom of the pan with butter. Next, add the water let it come to a rolling boiling.

After the water comes to a boil, turn the heat down to medium-low and add the pasta, cream of broccoli soup and pepper. Let it cook down for about ten minutes. Sometimes it dries out too quickly in the summer. Add a quarter cup of water as needed. After ten minutes, add parmesan cheese. Continue cooking until the mixture thickens. Plate and serve.

That's all there is too it. It becomes a creamy mixture of pasta that tastes like Pasta Alfredo. Even when it comes to the amount of pasta I just guess. The sauce can cover a lot of pasta so a 10 to 16 ounce bag is probably enough. I would rather go high than low.

Adding the garlic power is easy. It goes in with the cream of broccoli soup. However, it is to taste. Sometimes it is overpowering, so I consider it an optional ingredient.

Bell peppers add freshness and sweetness to the meal. Use whatever kind of bell pepper you want, seed it and dice into large pieces and then saute the pepper slices in a tablespoon of butter for five minutes, until they soften. After they are soft, add them to the pasta when adding the cheese.

Adding the chicken takes some time. You may want to prepare it before starting on the pasta. Refer to "Bite Sized Meat" under partially cooked chicken. Any variety of partially cooked chicken will work whether it is fried, baked or boiled. The remainder of the cooking time is completed when it is added to the pasta with the cheese.

You don't have to use cream of broccoli soup to make this recipe. I like cream of broccoli, because it has a slight sweetness; however, creamy soup is just as good. I prefer a cream of vegetable soup, as opposed to cream of chicken soup. Creamed corn is interesting too, but it doesn't create an Alfredo type of dish. The real reward is in making something everyone will enjoy and request in the future.

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