Creamy Sauces Recipes

If a homemade creamy pasta sauce is what you crave tonight, try one of these enticing recipes. Combined with a wide variety meats and vegetables such as mushroom, tomato-broccoli, asparagus, chicken, and ham, the ever-popular homemade creamy Alfredo pasta sauce is also an option.

 
 
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Fettuccine Carbonara

From Family Circle

Here' a low-fat recipe for the classic pasta dish made with cream, eggs, and bacon. With the aid of fat-free half-and-half, egg substitute, and turkey bacon, each serving has only 7 grams of fat. Enjoy!

Fettuccine Carbonara

Penne & Creamy Asparagus

From Family Circle

This 30-minute recipe is the ticket to elegant weekday dining. The rich cream sauce perfectly coats the chicken chunks, asparagus, and pasta.

Penne & Creamy Asparagus

Three-Cheese Chicken Tetrazzini

From Family Circle

Whether for family dinners or potlucks, chicken casseroles are always a winner. This chicken and spaghetti favorite is made extra cheesy with a blend of Swiss, cheddar, and Parmesan cheese.

Three-Cheese Chicken Tetrazzini

Season's Best Shrimp Parmesan

From Midwest Living

A creamy, rich shrimp sauce is served over rice or pasta for this 30-minute meal.

Season's Best Shrimp Parmesan

Creamy Scallop & Pea Fettuccine

From EatingWell

This rich pasta dish is full of sweet seared scallops and plump peas. Low-fat milk and flour thicken the sauce, giving it creamy texture without the extra calories and fat found in traditional cream sauces. Serve with a small Caesar salad on the side.

Creamy Scallop & Pea Fettuccine

Chicken Florentine Casserole

From Family Circle

Chicken, linguine, and chopped spinach are tossed with a creamy Parmesan sauce and baked in the oven for a casserole that's fit for a special occasion dinner.

Chicken Florentine Casserole

Fettuccine Alfredo

From EatingWell

Alfredo di Lello, the Roman restaurateur who created his signature sauce in the 1920s, might be startled to find this streamlined version that still tastes rich enough to satisfy those deep creamy-pasta cravings. The addition of zucchini boosts the nutritional profile. And when cut into thin strands, it can be twirled gracefully on a fork.

Fettuccine Alfredo

Creamy Blush Sauce with Turkey and Penne

From Prego Italian Sauce

Turkey simmers slowly with Prego® Mushroom and Green Pepper Italian Sauce to serve over pasta with a pinch of red pepper and a touch of cream and Parmesan cheese.

Creamy Blush Sauce with Turkey and Penne

Creamy Canadian Bacon And Tomato

From Family Circle

Use this Canadian bacon and ricotta cheese mixture to fill stuffed pasta such as ravioli and tortellini.

Creamy Canadian Bacon And Tomato

Cheesy Penne, Bacon and Broccoli

From Family Circle

A pungent blue cheese sauce made velvety smooth with cream cheese and crumbled bacon team up for a boldly flavored pasta main dish recipe.

Cheesy Penne, Bacon and Broccoli

Pasta with Onion Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

A splash of wine plus a hint of nutmeg add extraordinary flavor to this creamy yet low-fat pasta side dish.

Pasta with Onion Sauce

Creamy Sausage-Tomato Rotini

From Midwest Living

Coat pasta with a creamy sauce of tomatoes and Italian sausage to make a fast and tasty dinner.

Creamy Sausage-Tomato Rotini

Ham-and-Asparagus Pasta

From Better Homes and Gardens

Stir milk into herb-seasoned cream cheese to make a satiny but fast sauce for this ham and pasta dinner.

Ham-and-Asparagus Pasta

Poached Salmon with Pesto

From Family Circle

This 30-minute recipe illustrates how you can combine five ingredients and turn out something divine. Heavy cream and pesto team up for a sauce that delicately coats the salmon and angel hair pasta.

Poached Salmon with Pesto

Wide Noodles with Chicken & Lima Beans

From Fitness

A rich tomato cream sauce coats the pasta, chicken and vegetables in this 30-minute dinner.

Wide Noodles with Chicken & Lima Beans

Garlic Asparagus & Pasta with Lemon Cream

From Fitness

Succulent baby squash, curly pasta ribbons, and a low-fuss, lemon-infused cream sauce make this an elegant but quick meal.

Garlic Asparagus & Pasta with Lemon Cream

Sausage-Potato Lasagna

From Better Homes and Gardens

This casserole is layered with ricotta cheese and sausage, just like lasagna, but sliced potatoes replace the noodles, and a nutmeg-scented white sauce stands in for the traditional red sauce.

Sausage-Potato Lasagna

Sausage, Broccoli & Noodles

From Family Circle

This creamy one-dish pasta recipe is a smart choice when you are short on time and need a main dish in less than 30 minutes.

Sausage, Broccoli & Noodles

Cavatappi and Chard

From Vegetarian Times

Corkscrew-shaped cavatappi pasta stands up to Swiss chard stems and provides plenty of surface area for the creamy sauce. Fusilli and penne also work well.

Cavatappi and Chard

Pasta with Creamy Mushroom-Pea Sauce

From EatingWell

Peas combine deliciously with wild mushrooms, such as chanterelles, but they are hard to come by this early in the season. You can still get the depth of flavor from more available creminis.

Pasta with Creamy Mushroom-Pea Sauce

"Healthified" Angel Chicken Pasta

From Betty Crocker

Give credit to reduced-fat cream cheese and skim milk. It has 74% less fat, 49% fewer calories, and 42% less sat fat than the original recipe.

"Healthified" Angel Chicken Pasta

Pasta Primavera

From Family Circle

Choose thin tender stalks of asparagus for this colorful meatless main dish. Half-and-half, and a little pasta water, provide just enough sauce to marry all the garden fresh vegetables.

Pasta Primavera

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