White Sauce

Name: White Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 6 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 3 Tbsp margarine or butter; 3 Tbsp flour; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 cup milk stock or a combination of these; Note: the calories here are from Imperial stick margarine and 2% milk because that's how I usually make it. The calories and fat are slightly higher than the canned versions this way but the sodium is FAR reduced (less than half than the low-sodium canned versions) and there are more vitamins and nutrients.; To get your calories and fat below the canned versions use 1% milk and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light Stick. I haven't calculated what it would be like with chicken broth instead of milk but my guess is the fat and calories would decrease while sodium goes up.

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Minutes to Prepare: 1
Minutes to Cook: 5

Number of Servings: 3

Ingredients

3 Tbsp margarine or butter3 Tbsp flour1/4 tsp salt1 cup milk, stock, or a combination of theseNote: the calories here are from Imperial stick margarine and 2% milk, because that's how I usually make it. The calories and fat are slightly higher than the canned versions this way, but the sodium is FAR reduced (less than half than the low-sodium canned versions) and there are more vitamins and nutrients.To get your calories and fat below the canned versions, use 1% milk and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light Stick. I haven't calculated what it would be like with chicken broth instead of milk, but my guess is the fat and calories would decrease while sodium goes up.

Directions

In a small pan, melt the butter over medium to medium-high heat. Add flour and salt and stir until bubbly. With a wisk, stir in the liquid. Cook and stir until thickened.

Number of Servings: 3.5

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user THINMOM5.

Servings Per Recipe: 3

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 128.1
Total Fat: 9.2 g
Cholesterol: 5.6 mg
Sodium: 284.8 mg
Total Carbs: 8.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
Protein: 3.0 g

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Member Reviews

LITLRCH
use this with pasta ham and peas - 7/14/11
THALLO
I made this with skim milk, and it turned out well. Thank you for a good simple explanation and recipe! - 11/2/08
CRAZYABOUTBIRDS
Great to see a basic white sauce recipe! Learned this one from my mom :) I use this sauce as the base for all my cream sauces. Works well with olive oil instead of butter or marg and using skim milk (less fat). Just add flavour (garlic, oregano, parmesan cheese, basil, mustard...whatever!) - 8/15/08