This dish is similar to a Fettuccine Alfredo. It has a creamy sauce and fettuccine noodles, except this dish also has bacon and mushrooms. If you wanted to make it more of a main meal versus a side dish you could add some cooked chicken breasts.
Creamy Bacon and Mushroom Fettuccine
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces fettuccine, uncooked
- 1- 12 ounce package turkey bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 6 green onions, sliced
- 1- 8 ounce package reduced fat cream cheese, cubed
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 Roma tomato, chopped
Directions:
- Cook fettuccine according to package directions and drain.
- In a skillet, over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp. Add in mushrooms and green onions cooking and stirring for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- When pasta is done draining return to pot. Add in cream cheese, milk and all of the seasonings.
- Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until cream cheese is melted.
- Stir in bacon and mushroom mixture. Top with chopped tomato.
Notes:
If sauce is too thick for your liking add in a little bit more milk.
Serves: 4
Calories: 508
Total Fat: 23g
Saturated: 14.3g
Polyunsaturated: 0.8g
Monounsaturated: 0.2g
Trans: 0g
Cholesterol: 73.3mg
Sodium: 889.3mg
Potassium: 343.9mg
Total Carbs: 52.6g
Dietary Fiber: 4.2g
Sugars: 6g
Protein: 26g
Vitamin A: 21.8%
Vitamin C: 29.1%
Calcium: 7.7%
Iron: 22.2%
*The nutritional information will vary slightly depending on the brands you use.
*Adapted from Philadelphia Cream Cheese Collection.
