Green Alfredo Pasta

2 cups milk
1/3 cup (3 oz) cream cheese
2 Tbsp whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
4 cups greens (spinach, kale, swiss chard, etc.)
1 Tbsp butter
1-2 garlic cloves
3/4 to 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 pound pasta of your choice (I like whole wheat)

1. Blend milk, cream cheese, flour, salt, and greens in a blender until smooth.
2. In a non-stick sauce pan, melt butter on med-high heat and add garlic. Saute garlic for about 30 seconds.
3. Add milk mixture to the pan. Stir constantly for about 3 or 4 minutes or until it just comes to a boil and thickens. Remove the pan from the heat.
4. Stir cheese in and cover. Let stand for at least 10 minutes or longer to thicken.
5. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions.  Drain, and add sauce to pasta.  Add walnuts and toss until coated.  Serve with grated Parmesan on top, if desired.

Note: Sauce can be frozen in quart-size freezer bags. Thaw frozen sauce completely and reheat leftovers adding 1 tablespoon milk or water to thin.

Source: Started with this recipe, then decided to sneak in some greens and nuts!

Try #1 - March 10, 2015
I started out wanting to make an alfredo sauce for dinner, and had planned to add broccoli to it.  But... turns out we didn't have any broccoli in the freezer.  So to improvise (and still try to add some green to the meal), I decided to try and blend in some fresh greens.  We had a big bag of spinach/kale/chard mix from Costco, so I threw in a few handfuls of that into the blender.  On a whim, I decided to add some walnuts to the pasta at the end.  Everyone enjoyed the meal, even the baby!  I'm pretty pleased with my sneaky way of adding vitamins to our meal!  Sorry that the picture looks kind of gross.