Fusilli with Creamy Ham and Peas Sauce

Name: Fusilli with Creamy Ham and Peas Sauce Recipe
Yield: 6
Ingredients: cooking spray; 1 cup ham diced; 1 tsp olive oil; 1 onion chopped; 2 garlic cloves chopped; 2 tbsp flour; 1-1.5 cups of milk ( I use skim milk); 1/4 cup (2oz) Low Fat Cream Cheese; 2.5 cups frozen peas thawed; 1.25 cups Parmesan grated and divided; 1/3 cup fresh Basil chopped; salt and pepper; 5 cups cooked fusilli

(6)

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

cooking spray1 cup ham, diced1 tsp olive oil1 onion, chopped2 garlic cloves, chopped2 tbsp flour1-1.5 cups of milk ( I use skim milk)1/4 cup (2oz) Low Fat Cream Cheese2.5 cups frozen peas, thawed1.25 cups Parmesan, grated and divided1/3 cup fresh Basil, choppedsalt and pepper5 cups cooked fusilli

Directions

Heat a non-stick pan coated with cooking spray. Cook the ham until it is somewhat crispy. Place the ham in a bowl and set aside. Heat the oil and saute the onions and garlic, unitl the onions are tender about 5 min. Add the onion mixture to the ham. Place the flour in the pan and let it cook for just a minute. Slowly add the milk to the pan and stir while doing so. Cook until the milk thickens. Add the cream cheese. Stir until it all melts. It may help to speed up melting if the cream cheese is cut into cubes before added to the pan. Stir in the peas, 1 cup of parmesan, basil, salt and pepper. Add the sauce and ham mixture to the pasta and toss well. Sprinkle the top with remaining parmesan

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AHALTOM.

Servings Per Recipe: 6

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 379.5
Total Fat: 10.6 g
Cholesterol: 32.4 mg
Sodium: 932.0 mg
Total Carbs: 46.9 g
Dietary Fiber: 5.0 g
Protein: 23.5 g

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Member Reviews

MOM2236
great....kids loved this one...will have again...I put the flour and milk in the blender...it added to the thinkness of the cream! - 4/7/11
MAINEAC
Sounds great and i'm thinking it is tonights dinner... - 11/6/08
WAZAROO
Made this for dinner and it was very good. I used fat free half and half because I didn't have milk, so cut the cream cheese. Very creamy and tasty. Whole family loved it. - 10/1/08
GRRLSCOUT224
This was really tasty. I used mini farfalle instead of fusilli. I lightened it up some by only using 1/2 c of parm. Next time, I might try subbing in light garlic herb Laughing Cow for the light cream cheese. - 9/25/08
OBMOM4
The recipe must be updated because I made this just as it is written and it was fabulous! My dh and kids loved it as well. We will definitely be adding this to our list of family favorites! - 9/16/08
HATEBAND
This was very good. It wasn't the simplest recipe to put together, but it was worht it. THe only thing i had difficulty with was that milk is not listed in to ingredients but it is necessary in the sauce. I used about 1 cup. Next time i might make a little more sauce as it was a tad dry. - 3/5/08
CRISSMAN00
I made this with doubling the cream cheese and adding 1 1/2 cups of milk plus I added 1 1/2 cups of mushrooms and two shakes of paprika - 2/21/08