For nights when you have no time for dinner and very little in the way of ingredients on hand, prepared sauces can be a lifesaver, but with fresh ingredients the homemade version is worth the effort. You can make homemade Alfredo sauce and use fresh broccoli for a quick and easy Broccoli & Fettuccine Alfredo dinner.

Afredo sauce with broccoli over fettuccine on a clear glass plate with a fork

Combined with a quick salad, the complete meal can be on the table in barely more than the time it takes to cook and drain the fettuccine. The homemade sauce takes hardly any time to prepare and pays off in flavor and freshness.

Recipe

Broccoli & Fettuccine Alfredo

4 from 2 votes

Prepared sauces can be a lifesaver, but preparing fresh homemade Alfredo sauce is worth the little bit of extra effort. Add a quick salad to Broccoli & Fettuccine Alfredo, and the complete meal can be on the table in about the time it takes to cook and drain the fettuccine.

Mary Ann

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Prep Time 3

Cook Time 12

Total Time 15

Course Main Dish

Cuisine Italian, Vegetarian

Servings servings

Calories 580

Ingredients

8 oz fettuccine, cooked according to pkg. directions
½ recipe homemade alfredo sauce, or a jar of prepared sauce
1 head broccoli, chopped into florets

Instructions

Steam broccoli in covered microwave safe dish for about 5 minutes or add broccoli to fettuccine during the last five minutes of the fettuccine boiling time.
Drain pasta and broccoli. Serve Alfredo sauce over pasta and broccoli.