Beef Broccoli Fettuccini Alfredo

Why should chicken and broccoli have all the fun in a white sauce? It's a different taste but it still seems to work.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) box fettuccine pasta
• 1  lb stewing beef
• 1 (10 ounce) box  frozen broccoli florets
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 8  ounces cream cheese
• 8  ounces half-and-half
• 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese
• 1  tablespoon garlic powder

Directions

1. Prepare the broccoli per packaged directions and set aside.
2. Brown the stew beef, cutting the larger pieces into smaller ones. Set aside.
3. Heat one gallon of water to a rolling boil and prepare the pasta per packaged directions.
4. For the Alfredo sauce, I used Grits-N-MS's wonderful recipe, #64196: melt the butter in a sauce pan.
5. Add cream cheese and whisk.
6. Add half and half.
7. Add parmesan cheese and garlic powder. Whisk until smooth. Set aside.
8. When the pasta is done, mix it all together. Mangia!