[Home]  [GFCF Recipe Index]  [Frugal Food Storage]  [Biblical Womanhood]  [Archived Recipe Index]  [Links] [New Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker]  [My Mother's Blog] Spaghetti with Mushroom Alfredo Sauce 8 ounce dry spaghetti 2 tablespoons butter or alternative of your choice 2 tablespoons unbleached or all-purpose flour 5 ounce can evaporated whole milk (2/3 cup) 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon dry parsley 1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese 4 ounce can mushrooms, undrained  Optional: 6 ounce can shrimp; or 6 ounce can tuna, well drained; or 7 ounce can salmon or smoked salmon, well drained; or 1/3 cup ham or chicken flavored TVP, soaked for 10 minutes in 1/3 cup boiling water. First prepare the spaghetti according to package directions. While it's cooking prepare the sauce. Melt the butter or alternative in a small saucepan. Stir in the flour and keep stirring until it's absorbed by the fat. Gradually stir in the evaporated milk. Cook and stir until the mixture is very thick and bubbly. Add the salt, pepper, garlic, parsley and the liquid from the canned mushrooms. Stir until creamy. Add the Parmesan cheese, mushrooms and any extra additions you have in mind. Mix until the cheese is melted. Reheat briefly if necessary. Serve over the cooked and drained spaghetti. Makes 4 servings. If most of your Alfredo Sauce comes from a jar, you'll be delighted at how easy and delicious it is to prepare at home.  If you don't have mushrooms then they can be omitted and the sauce served as is. Since you won't be adding any liquid from the canned mushrooms, add 1/3 to 1/2-cup of water instead, to thin the sauce out to desired consistency. If you're adding canned fish then drain it well first. If you're adding flavored TVP then reconstitute it first. This is easily done. Measure 1/3 cup TVP and place it in a cereal bowl. Ladel up 1/3 to 1/2 cup boiling spaghetti water and pour over the TVP. Cover the bowl with a small plate or saucer and allow it to sit while you prepare the sauce. By the time the sauce is ready for the TVP it will be ready for the sauce. Variations: If you add tuna then consider adding a small can of peas or peas and carrots instead of or in addition to the mushrooms. If you add ham flavored TVP then a well drained 15-ounce can of asparagus is a yummy addition. Chopped olives (black or green) are good too, either alone, or in addition to chicken flavored TVP. [Home]  [GFCF Recipe Index]  [Frugal Food Storage]  [Biblical Womanhood]  [Archived Recipe Index]  [Links] [New Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker]  [My Mother's Blog] GFCF = Gluten Free & Casein Free The Christian Counter © FrugalAbundance 2007-2008  :-)  And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.  Use hospitality one to another without grudging.  As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.--1 Peter 4:8-10