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Basic White Sauce
Photo: Sorin Gheorghita

Basic White Sauce

11 ingredients 1 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

370
Calories
15g
Protein
29g
Fat
14g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sauce not in our table 0
Arrowroot not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • =
  • white sauce
  • 1 tbsp betty's butter
  • 1 tbsp arrowroot
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp white pepper
  • cheese sauce
  • 1/4 cup low-fat cheese sauce
  • -shredded
  • =

Directions

1

Heat butter in a small non-stick skillet, then in arrowroot. Gradually add milk, cook stirring until sauce thickens. Stir in salt & pepper. Variations: thicker sauce...add more butter and more arrowroot for each cup of milk. Cheese sauce: add ¼ cup shredded low-fat cheese to hot sauce; cook, stirring, until melted. White sauce food exchanges & food values: food exchange per serving: 1 milk exchage + ½ fat excahnge cal: 108; cho: 5mg; car: 9g; pro: 137; sod: 137mg; fat: 3g; cheese sauce food exchanges & food values: food exchange per serving: 1 milk exchange + ½ fat excahnge cal: 108 cho: 11mg; car: 10g; pro: 7g; sod: 291; fat: 5g; light & easy diabetes cuisine by betty marks

Recipe sourced from fandom

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