Hardened arteries

As a child my mom would make spaghetti carbonora.  I've been thinking about making it recently since I came across a recipe at allrecipes.com   Today I finally made it.  I knew the recipe varied from my mom's ( I had no clue how she made hers and I just wanted something easy.

Recipe (serves 4):

• 3 cups uncooked tube pasta
• 6 bacon strips, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cubed
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, cubed
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Cook bacon; remove bacon.  Use grease to saute garlic.  Add milk, cubed cream cheese and butter.  Stir til smooth.  Add Parmesan cheese and bacon.  Toss in spaghetti 
Had a heart attack yet?  If not I will tell you it was super yummu, super filling and super rich. But due to the HIGH fat and calorie content I probably will not make this again.  I need to find a lower calorie/fat version.  Just using turkey bacon didn't really make a difference.  It also took some time to stir out the lumps from the cream cheese.   Suggestions welcome.  My first thought it cut down on the butter and add something green (NOT PEAS).  I kept thinking my mom used green onions in her version which i do know used sour cream.  Parsley would work too.