Creamy Herb Pasta

Simple recipe that can make you look like you know what you’re doing!

2-3 cups of pasta (I prefer penne or rigatoni)
1 tablespoon of cooking oil
3 tablespoons of chopped basil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
½ a stick of reduced fat cream cheese
1/3 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon white wine (optional)
3 tablespoons of chopped parsley

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until done; drain.

While pasta is cooking, warm oil in a pan and cook basil and garlic for about 2 minutes or until garlic is translucent. Next, add cream cheese and continue to stir until chest is melted. (This will seem to be a mess.) Add water and stir together until hot. Add Parmesan cheese and stir until melted. When smooth, stir in the white wine if you have opted to use it. When pasta sauce is smooth and looks like something you want to eat, pour it over the pasta in the pot and mix with parsley.

Notes:
This is an easy clean up, as long as you cleanup immediately after dinner. If you leave your dishes for the next day, cleanup won’t be so easy!

Source:
Once again, I can’t quite remember where I got this one. I’ve amended it a couple times.