Fettuccine Alfredo is a pasta dish traditionally made with butter and cheese over flat noodles, although cream is now a common addition to the recipe. Depending on preparation and pasta type, calorie amounts will vary with this dish.
Restaurant Options
The restaurant chain Eat 'n Park has a fettuccine Alfredo dish that contains 604 calories per serving, with 19 g fat and 114 mg of cholesterol. If you clean your plate at Olive Garden, their fettuccine Alfredo dinner portion gives you 1220 total calories. Pasta Pomadoro's vegetarian dinner fettuccine Alfredo is 1198 calories.
Sauces
Ready-made pasta sauces are an easy way to create Italian-style dishes at home. Bertolli's Alfredo sauce contains 110 calories in one serving, or one-quarter cup. Newman's Own Alfredo sauce has 90 calories in the same-size serving, and Classico offers a light version with low-fat cream and cheese that is only 60 calories per serving.
Additions
Many Alfredo meals have added vegetables, meat or seafood, which further increase calories. Chicken or shrimp, according to Pasta Pomadoro's menu, add 109 and 183 calories, respectively. The type of pasta used will also make a difference if you are counting calories. A cup of cooked whole wheat spaghetti, for example, is approximately 176 calories.
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