Tortellini Pasta Alfredo Recipe for Mechanical Soft Diet

TOTAL TIME REQUIREMENT:  25 minutes.

Servings: 4

Ingredients:
     1 package frozen cheese tortellini
     1 cup heavy whipping cream
     1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
     1/2 cup butter slices
     1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Begin to boil tortellini according to package directions.

While tortellini is cooking, combine cream, butter slices, and garlic powder into a small saucepan. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat until heated but not boiling. Turn off heat. Stir in Parmesan cheese until melted and smooth.

Drain pasta and put drained tortellini pasta in a large serving bowl. Pour Alfredo sauce over pasta. Gently toss to coat pasta. 

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About the Author: Jolie Parker, M.S.CCC-SLP is a speech language pathologist who specializes in the treatment of dysphagia. She is a co-inventor of the PhagiaFlex Device for dysphagia, which has been clinically shown to strengthen the swallow, improve esophageal opening and laryngeal elevation, and widen the UES during the swallow.