If you are on a diet, avert your eyes.

Anything that contains those three ingredients is going to be amazingly delicious and amazingly bad for you. But, it’s the holiday season. So I think it’s okay to indulge a little.

Or a lot.

When I was a kid and mom asked me what I wanted for my birthday dinner, I invariably requested tortellinis in the white sauce. As a child, that white sauce was magic. It was creamy and yummy and delicious.

As an adult, I still think it’s magic. But now, I know the magic words.

Butter, heavy cream and parmesan cheese.

This is a great quick sauce for those nights when you could use something fast, warm, comforting, and slightly naughty.

So, unleash your inner bad girl!

Start by melting a couple tablespoons of butter in  pan.

Butter melting into a pool. Is there anything more decadent that could happen in a kitchen?

When the butter’s melted add in a couple of tablespoons of heavy cream and stir.

Lower the heat and add a big handful of parmesan cheese and give the pepper mill a few big turns.

Stir. I love the way a white sauce looks spotted with black pepper.

As a child I loved this over tortellini. I’m using ravioli tonight, because that’s what I have. If you let the sauce thicken a touch more, this would be great over spaghetti, too.

It’s good to be bad, no?