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Quick and Simple Garlic Cream Sauce

Hey doll hey! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. Today I am having a moderately high pain day so I decided to make pasta for dinner since it’s super easy to make. The dilemma I always have when I make pasta is that my mom does not like red sauces because they upset her tummy. I have already made Alfredo and Bechamel sauces this month so I decided to try my hand a creating my own spin on white sauces …. with an ingredient that you may have never used in cooking before…. but I use all the time to give a richness to my cooking …. Coffee Creamer …. YUP you read that right …. Coffee Creamer …. I find that heavy cream can be a little too rich and 1 day I was out of it and only had coffee creamer on hand so I substituted the heavy cream for the creamer and found that I love it so much in cooking meals from scratch.

I truly love cooking for my husband and mother … It makes me feel happy to see their bellies full with a meal I prepared for them. Most of the time they love my inventions in the kitchen … all though there have been a hand full of times we needed to get Take Away because my invention didn’t turn out very good … but you never know what will work in the kitchen until you try it out … so I always say …. Get in there, get your hands dirty, and create a masterpiece!

Well … Let’s dive into my recipe for a Quick and Simple Garlic Cream Sauce ….

What you will need is ……

I can’t have regular milk so we use Lactaid but feel free to sub it with regular whole milk or an oat milk will do nicely as well

1 1/2 cups of Milk (should be full fat or you can sub it out for a meaty milk substitute like oat milk .

I have only ever used Coffee-Mate creamer but I’m sure other plain flavored creamers would work for this recipe

2 cups Coffee-Mate original creamer (you can sub it out for heavy cream just use 1/2 cup less but trust me the creamer is perfect for this sauce).

you could probably use butter in place of margarine if you prefer

1/2 cup to 1 cup of margarine (I used 1 cup but we like that buttery taste paired with garlic…. 1/2 a cup is plenty of fat for this recipe)

5 Tablespoons Onion Powder

About a palm sized amount of dried Basil (fresh would be amazing in this sauce however I didn’t have any on hand)

Salt to taste (I used about a small palm full of salt for this sauce)

1 hefty palm full of dried Italian seasoning

If you are vegan you can swap this out for a hearty veggie bouillon

1/2 a palm sized amount of powdered beef bouillon

normally I would use fresh garlic but I ran out and had to use powdered instead

2 1/2 palm fulls of garlic powder (adjust to taste … I ended up putting more in once the sauce was done because we love a thick garlic taste)

I love to use beans as my thickening agent in cooking, it adds another level of depth to your sauces

2 full cans of red kidney beans (drained and rinsed off).

And now …. the assembly
  • Combine the Milk, Butter/Margarine, and Coffee Creamer/Heavy Cream in a sauce pan over medium heat uncovered for 2 minutes or until soft foamy bubbles start to appear)
  • Add all the seasonings to the sauce pan stirring to combine thoroughly.
  • Return the sauce pan to heat and reduce the sauce by 1/3.
  • Once the sauce has reduced by 1/3 take 2/3 cup of the sauce and combine with the kidney beans in a blender or nutribullet and blend until combined.
  • Add the bean and sauce mix to the sauce pan, return to the heat and whisk for 2 minutes.
  • Add 1/2 of the sauce to your pasta and reserve the other 1/2 to drizzle over the top of the plated pasta …

Presto you have an amazingly simple and savory garlic cream sauce

This was so good that my mom had 2nds and she never even finishes her 1st plate of food normally. I added 1 pound of ground beef browned and seasoned with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and beef bouillon.

I’m thinking this sauce might be fantastic with some grated cheese mixed into it … I’ll have to try that out … I’m thinking maybe a nice Pecorino, Asiago or Taleggio would be fantastic. I also think that this sauce might be amazing with some fresh roasted red peppers diced through it, again I’ll have to test it out and get back to you.

Well there’s my full recipe I hope if you should choose to try it that you love it as much as my family did.

That’s all for now dolls. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day/night and that you are in great spirits and health.

Remember …. Save a spoon for a bit of lipstick….

XOXO, Nita