![]() Some other lightened up easy dinner recipes for you: Begin grilling your chicken at the same time that your water starts boiling the breasts take about 3 minutes per side at high heat. Stir the pasta into the sauce, top with grilled chicken, and garnish with fresh parsley. I like to begin my sauce while I’m waiting for my pasta water to start boiling the sauce is usually done and running at a simmer when the noodles are ready to toss into the pot. ![]() Plus, the marinade is so easy to whip up, you can easily do it in the morning before you leave for work better yet, do it the night before and let those flavors mingle together even longer! The hint of tangy lime juice is the perfect contrast to the creamy, buttery sauce. I really like this marinade with the fettuccine alfredo. For this recipe, I pounded two large chicken breasts until they were fairly flat, and then placed them in a Ziploc bag with a garlic-lime marinade for about 6 hours. The sauce and noodles come together in about 20 minutes, which is just enough time to grill your chicken. How long does it take to make skinny chicken fettuccine alfredo? The finishing touch is a heaping cup of fresh parmesan cheese, to create that creamy classic taste to the sauce. The garlic is sautéed in 2 tablespoons of butter before adding some flour for thickening and then your liquids. I use 5 cloves of garlic in this recipe (yes, 5) as I LOVE the taste of garlic and I think it is essential to alfredo sauce. The trick to keeping the alfredo sauce low fat and yet still with that buttery, creamy flavor we all know and love is to create a thick sauce based off of low-sodium chicken broth and low fat milk. What makes this a healthier fettuccine alfredo sauce? And so, skinny fettuccine alfredo was born. EVERYTHING got bigger, so I was really trying to avoid feeling like a giant puffball by eating very healthy. It’s all I wanted!! I was so not that pregnant lady with twiggy arms and legs and a cute little belly. I wrote off fettuccine alfredo for a few years, thinking it was far too unhealthy for me to enjoy, but it was never far from my mind. Luckily I ate most of this buttery goodness when I was 17 and had a wonderful metabolism (how I miss that). Unfortunately for everyone’s waistlines and arteries, this special recipe of mine involved a lot of butter and a lot of cream. It was one of the first dishes that I made for my family and friends with rave reviews. If you were friends with me in high school, there’s a good chance that you would have sampled my famous fettuccine alfredo. We have Meatless Monday, Taco Tuesday, Wing Wednesday…what about Friday? Even though Etienne and I usually have curry on Friday nights, I’d like to propose a new take on the dinner before the weekend officially begins. I’ve since redone the text but the recipe remains the same. *Please note* this post was originally published in 2017. ![]() Freshly grilled chicken with a hint of lime and garlic makes this skinny chicken fettuccine alfredo the absolute best. A lighter fettuccine alfredo with all of the classic taste. ![]()
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