My children insist that everything that comes out of my kitchen bear a name, even if that name has little or no meaning to them at the get-go. Since it is, at times, a work in progress and therefore not yet worthy of the eventual name, I resist their demands as best I can. “What’s this?” is often met with an answer of, “Dinner.” This lightened up gluten free Alfredo sauce is, indeed, a finished work—but calling it Alfredo sauce may be misleading as it’s made with more than just the usual butter, cream and Parm. That most basic of American restaurant-style white sauces is just too heavy for me to enjoy, and I thought you might feel the same.

A few more ingredients are all it takes to lighten up this gluten free Alfredo sauce enough for it to be rich and impossibly creamy without knocking us out with its heft. As an added bonus, it also has more depth of flavor.

Oh, and about those gluten free fettuccine noodles… They’re not nearly as easy to come by as I had hoped. I was able to find a brown rice version in my local health food store, but they were overpriced and just not very good. So I took one for the team and mail-ordered some Notta Pasta brand gluten free fettuccine noodles (aff link). It’s delightful, but holy cow is it expensive. 😯 Since the best part is the sauce itself, I’d say go with spaghetti.