This quick and easy, gluten free healthy no cream alfredo sauce with zoodles is a lighter, though equally delicious alternative to traditional Alfredo sauce.
This low carb no cream alfredo sauce with zoodles, made without butter or cream or even flour, is my first recipe of the year! January is a good month for cutting back on calories and eating more of what's good for us, such as vegetables. It's the perfect time to start cooking lighter and healthier.
This can easily be done with the help of a spiralizer!
Making vegetable spaghetti is quick and easy
I am sure I've said this before but using a spiralizer is such an easy and fun way of including more vegetables in your diet. Despite having made quite a few 'spiralized' dishes I still find it astonishing just how convenient this little tool is. For example, my root vegetable noodles nests take only 15 minutes to prepare, and that's including the peeling as well as spirilizing! The spiralizer is easy to use and in my experience making vegetable spaghetti often takes less time than chopping.
Not to mention the huge aesthetic appeal of spiralized ingredients!
So even though this recipe involves a vegetable it doesn't involve any chopping. You can make this dish in as little as 10 minutes, so it's an ideal healthy dish for busy people. Quick, easy and delicious!
Alfredo sauce is typically made using a generous amount of calorific ingredients. These include cream (often the heavy kind), butter and lots of parmesan for a rich and creamy consistency.
My healthy Alfredo sauce offers a lighter, though equally delicious alternative. I used a combination of semi-skimmed milk, naturally low in fat ricotta, a bit of parmesan and an egg yolk. The sauce is creamy (without being too thick) and there is no need to add flour. So it's gluten free too!
How to make healthy Alfredo sauce
Making the actual sauce literally takes seconds! Whisk together the egg yolk, parmesan and milk. Heat the mixture through in a skillet/pan, then remove from the heat, sprinkle the parmesan, toss in the zoodles and serve!
When making the sauce it is crucial NOT to allow it to boil. The sauce should be heated through but take it off the heat before it starts boiling (if it's allowed to boil it will curdle).
You might also like this broccoli pasta alfredo sauce with ricotta.
Prepping the spiralized zucchini
Once you've spiralized the zucchini and your sauce is ready briefly soak the zoodles in boiling water. They only need 30 seconds to heat through. Remember to drain the zoodles well before adding into the sauce. You may even want to place the zoodles briefly on some paper towels to remove any excess moisture.
You may also like my post including 15+ Easy Veggie Spaghetti Spiralizer Recipes.
Check out also this collection of over 12 healthy vegetarian pasta meals.
Healthy No Cream Alfredo Sauce with Zoodles
Ingredients
- 1 large zucchini spiralized
- 60 ml semi-skimmed milk
- 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2-3 tablespoons coarsely grated parmesan
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
- Serve with crispy lightly fried slices of garlic
Instructions
- Whisk together the milk, ricotta and egg yolk. Set aside.
- Crisp up the garlic in a little oil, transfer to a small plate and set aside.
- In a skillet/small frying pan slowly heat up the sauce mixture stirring with a whisk until hot but do NOT let it boil as the sauce might curdle. Remove from the heat, stir in the parmesan and season to taste.
- Pour boiling water over the zoodles (enough to just cover them) and soak for about 30 seconds (just to heat them up). Drain well (you may want to place the zoodles briefly on some paper towels to remove any excess moisture).
- Add the zoodles to the sauce, stir, adjust the seasoning as necessary, scatter the garlic and serve!
Nutrition
*Nutritional information is automatically generated and should be considered as an estimate.
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Hi, I am Monika, welcome to Everyday Healthy Recipes! This blog is all about creatively simple recipes with a healthy twist, old classics with a modern take, and an occasional Polish dish thrown into the mix - all easy to make, healthy and delicious, perfect for everyday cooking.
OMG this is just perfect for a stay at home lunch, quick to prepare, tasty and low cal.
Thanks Jacqui, yes it's all those things:)
I love the sound of this Monika! Hubby & I were given a spiriliser for christmas so this is definitely on the cards to make (though we a change to the parmasan).
Angela x
Thank you Angela, spiralizer is a great gift for a foodie! I hope you share your future spiralizer recipes on your blog:)
This sounds great and looks amazing! I agree, January is a great month to look at the lighter side of life and this is a great way to do it!
happy Fiesta Friday 🙂
Thank you Petra, Happy New Year!
this just oozes healthy food by its colour Monica, let alone how good it sounds to eat. I have not used my spiralizer for a while, I think it is time to get it out again.
happy new year xx
Thank you Jenny! January is a great month for spiralizing and eating lighter:)
What a lovely, healthy recipe - just perfect for this time of year when we are all trying to do better after the excesses of Christmas! I am on a mission to eat more vegetables this year, so dishes like this are just perfect! Eb x
Thank you! You can never have too many vegetables:)
Monika, the whole dish is so gorgeous, it's hard to believe it is as healthy as it is! Great recipe, lovely photos, too!
Thanks for sharing this at Fiesta Friday!
Mollie
Thanks Mollie, for stopping by and kind words:)
Monika you're right - it is time to get the spiraliser out again! We usually do courgette with a tomato or pesto based sauce so this is something new to try. Happy New Year. Thanks for sharing at FF.
Glad to know other people like to spiralise too:)
I definitely need to try this alfredo. I love alfredo, but like you said, it's full of calorie heavy ingredients. Can't wait to try this!
Thank you, hope you like it!
I love alfredo and have seen a few skinny recipes but not with ricotta. These looks so delicious x
Thanks Cat!
Oh that looks amazing - I haven't used my spiraliser for ages!
Thanks Mandy! I tend to forget about it for a while too but once I start using it again I can't stop:)
The timing of this post is so ironic. I'm also on a health kick (OF COURSE, who isn't?!), so I too broke out my spiralizer today—COINCIDENCE?!—and promptly BROKE my spiralizer. Kaboom. So, it's off to buy a new maker of veggie noodles for me. It can't come soon enough, though: this looks so healthy-while-still-being-yummy! I love that you use an egg yolk to give the sauce its creaminess. I'm definitely pinning this in the "healthy eating" category!
Thank you Michelle, and what a shame about your spiralizer, just when you really need it, enjoy shopping for a new one:)
This looks delicious! And you've reminded me to get my spiralizer out of the cupboard again!
Thank you! It's so good to be spiralizing again!