Not Your Mama's Chicken Alfredo😋

Name: Not Your Mama's Chicken Alfredo😋
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 oz grilled or baked chicken, sliced or diced (2/3 Lean); For Alternative Pasta:; 1 1/2 cups (6 oz) yellow squash and/or zucchini when cooked (3 Greens); 1 tsp olive oil (1 Healthy Fat); 1/4 tsp dried basil (1/2 Condiment); Alfredo Sauce:; 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese (1/3 Lean); 1/2 tsp garlic powder (1 Condiment); 1 tbsp Kraft grated Parmesan cheese (1 Condiment); 1 tbsp unsweetened almond milk (1/16 Condiment); 1/4 tsp Fresh ground pepper, (1/2 condiment); 1/4 tsp red chili flakes (1/2 condiment)

5 steps

1 Lean, 3 Greens, 3 Condiments, and 1 Healthy Fat

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:49:09 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories510.9 kcal (26%)

Total Fat15.5 g (22%)

Carbs60.5 g (23%)

Sugars9.9 g (11%)

Protein32.1 g (64%)

Sodium685.3 mg (34%)

Fiber4.1 g (15%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

1 servings

chicken

grilled or baked, sliced or diced, 2

Pasta

For Alternative

1 ½ cupsyellow squash

or zucchini, when cooked

1 tspolive oil

½ cup1% cottage cheese

1/3 Lean

½ tspgarlic powder

1 Tbspgrated Parmesan cheese

1 Tbspunsweetened almond milk

1/16 Condiment

¼ tsppepper

Fresh ground condiment

¼ tspred chili flakes

/2 condiment

Instructions

Step 1

Directions:

Step 2

Prepare your squash. You can peel your squash so that it resembles pasta or leave the peel on to add more color to the dish. I like to leave it on because the peel has extra fiber that can regulate your digestive system. Cut the ends off and discard. Next decide which gadget you want to use to make your noodles. Measure out 1 1/2 cups.

Step 3

Add 1 tsp olive oil to a medium skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Add spiraled squash to the oil and cook until squash gets tender for about 3 minutes. Add basil and any other additional seasonings such as salt, pepper, or garlic powder if desired. Put on a plate and set aside.

Step 4

To make Alfredo sauce, combine cottage cheese, garlic powder, Parmesan cheese, almond milk and pepper in a small blender until mixture is smooth and creamy. Pour into a microwave safe dish and heat until warm (about 45 sec to 1 min), stopping the microwave every 15 seconds to stir. Make sure the cottage cheese doesn't get too hot because cottage cheese and heat do not mix well. It will start to separate, get stringy, and watery. Once it was mixed with the squash and chicken, I had no problems with it when re-heating.

Step 5

Place cooked diced chicken over squash noodles and then pour warm sauce on top. Sprinkle over red chili flakes. Enjoy!