Healthy Mac N' Cheese
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- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
Wheat flour, 2 tbsp (Use Gluten free wheat flour if needed)Coconut oil, 1 tbspSoy Milk, 2 CupCheddar Cheese, 2 cups6 cheese italian mix, 2 cups16 oz. wheat noodles (Use Gluten free noodles if needed)1/4 onionbay leafclove
Preheat oven to 375
Noodles: In a large sauce pot, bring water to a boil with some salt and a cap full of olive oil. When water boils, add noodles.
Cheese Sauce: Heat coconut oil in a sauce pan til liquidy and warm, add flour and mix to wet sand consistency, add soy milk, 1/4 onion and clove, cook on a low heat, stirring consistently until thick. Occasionally scrape sides and bottom of pan to prevent flour from sticking and/or burning. Try to cook at least 45 minutes. If sauce gets too thick add more soy milk to thin. Adding the cheese will thicken the sauce more, so be wary of letting it thicken too much on it's own.
Carefully remove the onion, (it will break up so be sure to get all the pieces) the clove, and the bayleaf.
Add 1 cup of cheese mix, and 1 cup of cheddar cheese, and mix into sauce until fully melted. Season TT with salt and pepper. Then add fully-cooked strained noodles. Mix, and spread evenly into a casserole dish. Cover with remaining cheese (1 cup cheddar, 1 cup mix) and bake for 10 minutes.
TIP: For healthier recipe, add puree'd vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, kale, carrots, or tomatoes, to cheese sauce prior to adding noodles.
Works great for kids. For more flavor, season finished dished mac n' cheese with salt and pepper, and Parmesan.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HEIDIJOY89.
Noodles: In a large sauce pot, bring water to a boil with some salt and a cap full of olive oil. When water boils, add noodles.
Cheese Sauce: Heat coconut oil in a sauce pan til liquidy and warm, add flour and mix to wet sand consistency, add soy milk, 1/4 onion and clove, cook on a low heat, stirring consistently until thick. Occasionally scrape sides and bottom of pan to prevent flour from sticking and/or burning. Try to cook at least 45 minutes. If sauce gets too thick add more soy milk to thin. Adding the cheese will thicken the sauce more, so be wary of letting it thicken too much on it's own.
Carefully remove the onion, (it will break up so be sure to get all the pieces) the clove, and the bayleaf.
Add 1 cup of cheese mix, and 1 cup of cheddar cheese, and mix into sauce until fully melted. Season TT with salt and pepper. Then add fully-cooked strained noodles. Mix, and spread evenly into a casserole dish. Cover with remaining cheese (1 cup cheddar, 1 cup mix) and bake for 10 minutes.
TIP: For healthier recipe, add puree'd vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, kale, carrots, or tomatoes, to cheese sauce prior to adding noodles.
Works great for kids. For more flavor, season finished dished mac n' cheese with salt and pepper, and Parmesan.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HEIDIJOY89.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 322.1
- Total Fat: 9.4 g
- Cholesterol: 17.4 mg
- Sodium: 142.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 47.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
- Protein: 11.5 g
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