Easy and quick Healthier Homemade Alphagetti recipe. Make this childhood classic at home with healthier ingredients in under 20 minutes.
Calling all families with Alphagetti lovers in it! Here’s an easy, fast, and one pot recipe to rock lunch at your household. This Healthier Homemade Alphagetti recipe are made right at home with significantly less sodium and with ingredients we know as parents and love.
My brother was obsessed with Alphagettis when we were kids. I was much more partial to good old KD myself, but I had to tolerate the odd Alphagetti presence.
Now that I’m an adult, I actually really enjoyed this dish. As do my kids.
The key to getting the tomato-y flavour correct was the spice section of this dish. I did some thorough “research” on this dish with how to get the flavour as close as possibly to the real thing without compromising nutrition.
Onion powder and garlic powder are a must. They give the dish that really mild and pleasing flavour that melds so well with the tomato sauce.
The “real” Alphagetti has some cheese in it. Since I have a cheese hater on my hands (why?!!!) the cheese is the last ingredient with yogurt as a backup option.
I used parmesan since two of my kids adore it, but straight up cheddar works if that’s all you have in the fridge.
Here are a few other kid classics that are still nutritious …. I like having these recipes on hand for those days where an argument at the dinner table is the last thing I want to hear.
- Alphabet Soup with Meatballs (veggie-packed with a protein!)
- Beef Stroganoff (perfect for those nights where comfort food is required)
- Kid-Friendly Sloppy Joe Mashed Potato Pie (no messy bun spillage to cleanup with this dish!)
- Easy Homemade Hamburger Helper Skillet (added cauliflower or even peas for a complete meal)
Easy and quick Healthier Homemade Alphagetti. Make this childhood classic at home with healthier ingredients in under 20 minutes.
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp sweet paprika (mostly used for colour, skip if you don’t have any on hand)
- 1 213 ml tomato sauce (not pasta sauce, but a small can of tomato sauce)
- 3 cups (750 ml) vegetable or chicken broth
- 1.5 cups (approx. 250 gr) alphabet pasta
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, or plain yogurt
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Whisk together kosher salt, onion powder, garlic powder, sweet paprika, tomato sauce, and broth in a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil over high heat.
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Add alphabet pasta, reduce to medium-low and simmer for 6-8 minutes (or until pasta is al dente)*.
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Remove and add cheese or yogurt. Stir to combine and then serve**.
* sauce will appear to be a bit runny, but sauce will thicken as soon as it starts to cool.
** I added 1/2 cup of frozen peas in the last minute of cooking while recipe testing and my kids enjoyed it.
Enjoy! xo
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I’ve never seen alphabet pasta anywhere! Definitely going to have to look for it, because my kids would LOVE this!
I find it’s usually readily available and so fun for kids 🙂
My kids have never had this before, but clearly I need to make it for them because they’re going to adore it! What a fun recipe!
Really fun. My kids adored it!
What a fun idea! My girls would love this and we really need some fun in the house these days! Great recipe!
Thank you! And yes, the more fun the better given the circumstances. Hope your girls love it!
So good! My picky toddlers gobbled this up. Peas and all!
Hurrah!!
Delicious! I just made a batch for school lunches this week. I added it right to my “make again” board
Amazing! Love that it worked out so well for you and your kids. Thanks for the comment.
Just wondering if this can be frozen in smaller portions.
Hi there. I wouldn’t recommend it as the pasta would likely become quite mushy. That being said, you could make it and remove the portions you’d like to freeze before the pasta is done cooking, probably around the 5-7 min mark (the pasta will continue to absorb the sauce).
Let us know if you try to freeze it and how it goes 🙂
I made this as a blast from the past for my husband’s 50th birthday. We all loved it, even my picky kids!!
So happy to hear this! My kiddos love it too. Happy birthday to your husband!
Really good! I had to add some more salt and extra cheese but that might’ve been cause I used Dubliner. Also some of the noodles were crunchy still so I’d pre-boil it a bit next time.
Will make again!
Happy to hear you enjoyed it!