Name: Low Carb Alfredo Sauce
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter; 3 cloves garlic (minced); 4 oz cream cheese (softened); 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (vegetarian brand); 1 cup cream (heavy/whipping); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Gluten Free Nut Free Egg Free Low Carb Vegetarian Keto

This quick and easy low carb alfredo sauce is ready in 10 minutes and great served over vegetable noodles, low carb pasta dishes or steamed broccoli and cauliflower.

Once you make homemade alfredo sauce, you'll never buy store bought again! Even better is that you know exactly what went into the sauce and that there are no hidden additives or sugar.

Keto Alfredo Sauce

Alfredo sauce is the perfect keto sauce as it's mainly butter, cream and cheese! With low carbs and a great fat content, it has only 2g net carbs a serving.

Is Alfredo Sauce Vegetarian?

Parmesan is used to make this sauce and is not vegetarian due to the use of animal rennets making this cheese. To ensure that this keto alfredo sauce is vegetarian, use a vegetarian parmesan. The same applies for any recipe for parmesan.

How to Make Vegetarian Alfredo Sauce

All you need to make a low carb alfredo sauce is a few ingredients you may already have in the fridge:

Butter

Cream (heavy)
Parmesan (Vegetarian)
Cream cheese

Garlic
Salt & Pepper

Can you make alfredo vegan sauce?

If you were looking for a vegan version of alfredo sauce, you could use soaked cashew nuts with nutritional yeast. Add garlic and flavourings, blend and them simmer on the stove.

How to use alfredo sauce

In addition to serving with low carb noodles, try these recipes with alfredo sauce.

Pumpkin Gnocchi

Celeriac Noodles

More low carb vegetarian sauces to try

Mushroom Sauce

Marinara Sauce

Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce

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Low Carb Alfredo Sauce

A creamy low carb sauce made with butter, vegetarian Parmesan, cream cheese and cream for your vegetable and low carb noodles!

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Cook Time 10

Total Time 10

Course Sauce

Cuisine Gluten Free

Servings servings

Calories 304 kcal

Ingredients

¼ cup butter
3 cloves garlic minced

4 oz cream cheese softened
½ cup Parmesan cheese vegetarian brand
1 cup cream heavy/whipping

½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

In a medium saucepan, melt the butter on a medium heat.

Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the cream and cream cheese. Stir until the cream cheese has melted.
Reduce the heat to low and stir in the Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Simmer for 3-5 minutes until the sauce thickens. Stir occasionally to prevent any sticking or burning of the sauce.

Notes

Makes 6 servings.

Store in an airtight jar in the fridge once cooled.

The net carbs will be the total carb count minus the fibre count. Carb count excludes sugar alcohols.

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