In the Kitchen With Jason: Broccoli Alfredo

We've made an alfredo recipe previously, and it was a lot of work. Jess and I recently picked up the Cooking Light: Complete Cookbook and it had a recipe for Fettuccine Alfredo that took a quarter of the work and was just as delicious. We then altered the recipe to have a little more green in it and you have what follows.

Ingredients

• 16 oz uncooked fettuccine
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1 1/4 cups half-and-half
• 3/4 cup (3 oz) grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 head of broccoli

Directions

• Cook fettuccine according to package directions.
• While fettuccine is cooking melt butter in a large sauce pan over medium heat.
• Add remaining non broccoli ingredients.
• Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Bring a sauce pan with about 3 cups water in it to a boil.
• Add broccoli and cook for about 5-6 minutes.
• Drain broccoli.
• Mix noodles, Alfredo sauce, and broccoli in a large bowl.
• Makes 6 servings

Nutrition Information: CALORIES: 416(28% from fat); FAT 12.8g (sat 7.4g, mono 3.5g, poly 0.9g); PROTEIN 17.2g; CARB 58g; CHOL 34mg; IRON 2.8mg; SODIUM 488mg; CALC 244mg.

If you want, you could always add a cup or two of cooked chicken as well (but then my nutrition information would be all off).

Please enjoy!

-Chef Jason