Dig into a plate of this delicious Syn Free Creamy Garlic Pasta

Simple ingredients, less than 20 minutes and you have a delicious syn free creamy garlic pasta which you will want to make again and again.

If you are like me, then you love creamy pasta sauces, but more often than not, a creamy pasta sauce, means high syns, something we all try to avoid on this weight loss journey, right. Especially if you want to save your syns for a bit of chocolate later.

Well not here it doesn’t. I was determined to create a delicious sauce that is so versatile you could really use it in a variety of different recipes.

To keep things simple. I just added in some cooked spaghetti, but can you just stop for one moment, and imagine this over chicken, or in a creamy pie topped with mashed potatoes? or you could just eat a bowl of the sauce with a spoon, I seriously will not judge you. I may well of done that a few times. I had to check it tasted good – obviously!

You can keep this gluten free by picking a gluten free pasta (I like brown rice pasta as it’s the closest in taste and texture)

If you are looking for some other pasta dishes, I have plenty more for you to check out here: Slimming Eats Pasta Recipes

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Creamy Garlic Pasta

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

This recipe is gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World or Weight Watchers friendly

Extra Easy - 1 HEa per serving
Green - 1 HEa per serving
WW Smart Points - 13

Author: Slimming Eats

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 170g/6oz of spaghetti (can use gluten free)
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• 4-6 small cloves of fresh garlic crushed (if using lazy garlic, half the amount)
• 4 laughing cow lights (1xHEa)
• 30g/1oz of parmesan (1xHEa)
• 1.5 cups (300ml) of chicken or vegetable stock/broth
• salt and black pepper
• Spray oil
• Freshly chopped Italian parsley

Method

1. Spray a frying pan over a medium high heat with spray oil.
2. Add the onion and fry till softened
3. Add the garlic and fry for another 5 min (add a little bit of the stock to prevent from sticking it also helps to soften the garlic for that sweet garlicky taste)
4. Season with some salt and black pepper.
5. Reduce heat to medium
6. Add the remaining stock, and laughing cow and keep whisking until laughing cow is melted, allow to simmer until the sauce reduces down and thickens, approx. 15 mins
7. While the sauce simmers, Add the pasta to a saucepan of boiling hot water and cook till al dente, drain.
8. Stir the pasta into the sauce.
9. Top with some freshly chopped italian parsley and the parmesan and serve immediately with a side salad.
10. Enjoy!!

Notes

NOTE: Healthy extra serving of laughing cow, may vary depending where you are i.e. US/UK/Canada so be sure to check the one you use and adjust accordingly.

I like a strong garlic flavour when I make this. If you are cooking the garlic enough. It should be a sweet garlicky flavour which is perfect. But if you don't like your garlic flavour too strong I recommended reducing the amount of garlic used.

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Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1 Calories: 480.6 Fat: 8.7g Saturated fat: 4.9g Sugar: 2.3g Sodium: 1431mg Fibre: 2.3g Protein: 22.4g Cholesterol: 24.9mg

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