Pasta sauce recipes don't come much easier than this. Easy cheesy garlic and herb pasta is quick to make and you can vary the recipe easily to ring the changes.
Dinner on the table in about 15 minutes you can not complain about that! I've used garlic and herb flavoured cream cheese as the base of this pasta sauce. It can be stirred into pasta used to make a near instant sauce but I have added a few extras to ingredients to liven the sauce up a bit.
It's the perfect pasta sauce to make when you want dinner in a hurry by the time the pasta is cooked the sauce is ready (unless you use fresh pasta in which case the sauce takes just slightly longer than the pasta).
How to make easy cheesy garlic and herb pasta sauce.
First sauté some onions until just soft, then add some chopped bacon and cook for a few minutes. Next, add the cream cheese and a little milk and heat gently until the cream cheese melts. The sauce is stirred into the hot pasta and its ready to serve. it really is as easy as that!
For a vegetarian version simply leave out the bacon.
Serve with pasta of your choice. I really like it served with homemade pasta cut into tagliatelle
step by step
Variations
- Saute onions with the bacon or used to replace the bacon.
- Add some toasted pine nuts and sprinkle over the finished dish.
- Use a plain cream cheese and add your own garlic and fresh herbs. Chives would be good.
- Add a little spice with some dried chilli flakes.
- Replace the onions with sliced leeks.
Need some more really quick and easy pasta sauces? – Try one of these
- Avocado spaghetti with lemon and chilli - Searching for Spice
- Broccoli pesto pasta – The Petite Cook
- 5 minute lemon butter sauce –Recipes from a pantry
- Creamy pasta with asparagus and bacon – Recipes Made Easy
- Tagliatelli with fresh tomatoes, basil and mozzarella - Recipes Made Easy
- Cheesy tuna pasta – Fab Food for All
Easy cheesy garlic and herb pasta
Ingredients
- 400 g pasta
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 175 g garlic and herb cream cheese
- 100 ml milk
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Parmesan cheese to serve (optional)
- chopped fresh parsley to serve (optional)
Instructions
- Cook 400g (14oz) pasta in plenty of lightly salted boiling water for about 10-minutes or as directed on the packet.
- Slice 6 rashers of bacon into small pieces, chop one small onion.
- Heat the oil in a small saucepan and fry the onions until just beginning to soften. Add the bacon and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Stir in 175 g (6 oz) cheese and 100ml (3½ floz) milk and heat gently stirring until well combined. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Drain the pasta and stir in the cheese sauce. Serve immediately sprinkled with parmesan cheese and chopped parsley, if desired.
Teresa says
Very easy and very delicious! I cooked as shown and loved it!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Thanks for commenting Teresa I love to hear this.
Rosemary says
This is exactly the kind of recipe we need at the moment - quick and easy using store cupboard ingredients but so tasty and comforting.
Janice Pattie says
Ah, the simple things are the best and this recipe is full of those delicious simple ingredients.
Michelle Rolfe says
Now this is my kind of pasta! Quick and easy and full on cheese. Will be making this for me & hubby (teens are tomato all the way!) Yum! Cheers, Michelle x
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Dosent get any easier than this and easy is good
Chloe Edges | Feast Glorious Feast says
Looks gorgeous! I make something similar but I've never used the garlic and herb cream cheese. I will now!
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Its a lovely easy cheat and once in a while a little cheating is fine 🙂
Sharon says
Absolutely delicious thank you, nice for some fresh ideas on a quick meal that everyone loved. Have been meaning to say thanks for your ideas so here I am, you are a star.
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Thank you Sharon, What a lovely comment you have made my day. J x
Corina Blum says
I love how easy this is! You've also reminded me of how long ago it is since I made a sauce using cream cheese so I really need to make one again soon.
Jacqueline Bellefontaine says
Thank you, Corina. Cream cheese is certainly handy for a quick sauce.