I love me some Italian food, but Italian food tends to be calorie loaded and heavy. I have been wanting Chicken Alfredo lately, but knew I shouldn't. So I attempted to make it from scratch tonight and it was fabulous. Here is the recipe that I came up with:

Pasta-

Spaggetti Squash cooked in the microwave

Chicken-

4 chicken tenders sautéed in a skillet with olive oil

Alfredo Sauce-

3 cloves of garlic minced (use more if you like or less)

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons I Can't Believe it's not Butter

1.5 heaping tablespoons of all purpose flour

1 3/4 cups 2% Milk (you can use 1% I just had 2%)

splash of balsamic vinegar

salt and pepper to taste

1 tablespoon of splenda

put the evoo, butter and garlic in a sauce pan cook on med heat for about 3 min stiring

add the flour and stir until incorporated

add milk and bring to a boil

add salt, pepper, vigegar and splenda and stir

cut heat off and let sit

chop half a bag of baby spinach (I used the ninja chopper I have)

Once chicken is cooked add the sauce (if it is to thick add water to thin it down). Add in spinach and stir. Stread spaggetti squash with a fork add to chicken and sauce and stir.

Eat and enjoy!!

This was a WONDERFUL meal!! The hubs and I both enjoyed it. It was enough for him and myself to eat dinner and have lunch tomorrow (He eat bigger portions than me)