Creamy Pasta Sauce Without the Guilt
This vegetarian recipe is the perfect solution when you want something quick and tasty on a busy weeknight. Not only that, but it’s a cream sauce with a lot less guilt! I LOVE cream sauces, but with they are packed with calories and fats so as much as I’d like to make them all the time, I tend to limit how often I make them. With this recipe, I found a lighter way of making a cream sauce so I no longer have to limit how often I make it! Why not serve my Perfect Garlic Bread, meal complete! Now I know this isn’t a fat-free dish. I think it would be impossible to make a fat free version because that would require skipping the Parmesan cheese, and to me, that would be totally unacceptable!
How to Make Spaghetti with Skinny Tomato Cream Sauce (aka Pink Sauce):
Start with heating a large pan coated in low-fat cooking spray and saute the onion until soft (about 5 minutes).
Add the garlic and cook for about a minute more. Add the tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper and cook, uncovered, over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Add the half and half and Parmesan cheese. Season to taste and cook on low heat another few minutes. Add the cheese and parsley. Coat the slightly undercooked pasta and add a little pasta water to loosen if need be. Once the pasta is desired softness, add the sauce and serve hot with grated cheese. It’s that easy! This Skinny Spaghetti with Tomato Cream Sauce may be low fat, but I promise it tastes absolutely amazing! Update Notes: This post was originally posted in 2017, but was rewritten and republished with new photos a video, step by step instructions and tips in Sept of 2019. Can Tomato Cream Sauce (aka Pink Sauce or Rose Sauce) be frozen? Tomato cream sauce freezes quite well. Just add it to an airtight, freezer-safe container and freeze for up to 3 months. Erren’s Kitchen is written and produced for informational intentions only. We are not certified nutritionists, and the nutritional information found on this site has not been assessed or authorized by a nutritionist or the FDA. The nutritional information found in our recipes is offered as an estimate and should not be considered a guarantee or fact. The estimated data is provided as a courtesy and calculated through a third-party online nutritional calculator, spoonacular API. Although we do our best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered rough estimates. Many factors, such as brands or products purchased and the nutritional fluctuations that naturally occur in fresh produce, can alter the effectiveness of the nutritional information in any recipe. Furthermore, various online calculators provide different results depending on their particular algorithms and nutrition fact sources. To obtain the most precise nutritional information in a provided recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the exact ingredients you are using when preparing the recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
