Pasta with Alfredo Sauce

1 tbsp butter
2-3 cloves garlic
2 tbsp cream
1/4 cup milk
3 tsp cream cheese
salt and black pepper to taste
500 gms pasta cooked al dente (any tubular pasta-penne or macaroni) with salt


To make sauce , add butter to a hot pan. The add the crushed garlic into the melted butter.  Stir well. Then add cream and milk. Then add cream cheese. Mix well and cook till it comes to a boil. Add the strained pasta. Mix till pasta coated with sauce. Add chopped parsley. And serve.
Optional grate parmesan cheese on top while serving with additional parsley.

Broccoli Pasta

Shallots- 16 nos-chopped lengthwise in half
Garlic-10-12 nos-sliced lengthwise
extravirgin olive oil
whole wheat penne pasta 220 gms
tomatoes- 2 cups chopped
2tbsp tomato ketchup
broccoli 1 small -in small pieces blanched
butter


In a pan add oil and then add shallots and garlic and then tomatoes and salt and pepper.  To even the consistency add ketchup.In a large pan keep water with salt to boil. Add pasta to cook. When al dente , strain and keep aside. Toss with oil to prevent sticking. Meanwhile, add butter and olive oil in another pan then add blanched broccoli pieces. Mix well to season the broccoli pieces. Add the strained pasta to the tomato mixture and cook a minute. Garnish with broccoli mixture and serve immediately.