Healthy Mac and Cheese
Written by Rachel, Posted in Beans, Cheese, Dinner, Main Dishes, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian
| Healthy Mac and Cheese |
Recipe Type: Pasta, Main, Dinner
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Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 25 mins
Serves: 2
Healthy meets Mac and Cheese. Yum.
Ingredients
- 1/3 pkg rotini rice pasta (or whatever kind of pasta you prefer)
- 1 C cheese (I like a combination of Gruyere, Cheddar and Parmesan)
- 1 C milk
- 1-2 T olive oil
- 1-2 T flour
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, diced
- 1 T spicy brown or dijon mustard
- 3-5 T greek yogurt (or plain yogurt)
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 to 1 C puréed Great Northern, or any type of white beans
- 1/2 to 1 C puréed cauliflower (steam cauliflower, about 1/2 head raw; then puree)
Instructions
- Cook pasta, reserving 1/4 C to 1/2 C of the pasta water.
- Make sauce: Heat pan, add oil, add onions, salt and pepper, and cook for 3-5 minutes. Add garlic, cook 1-2 minutes.
- Move veggies over to one side, and whisk flour in with oil on the other (adding more oil if needed). Cook 30-60 seconds. Add milk, slowly, whisking and letting it thicken a bit as you do. Add mustard, beans, cauliflower and pasta water (as much or as little water as you need). Slowly heat, bringing almost to a boil (stop when you start to see steam rising).
- Turn off heat and whisk in cheese.
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