Almost Guilt Free Mac and Cheese

Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave American food. Try making Almost Guilt Free Mac and Cheese at home. For $2.72 per serving, this recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 38g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 585 calories. This recipe serves 8. This recipe is liked by 4 foodies and cooks. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Only a few people really liked this main course. If you have cellantani pasta, flour, goat cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodista. With a spoonacular score of 68%, this dish is good. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Almost Guilt Free Mac and Cheese, Guilt-Free Mac 'n' Cheese, and Guilt-Free No-Bake Cheesecake {high protein, gluten-free}.

  • Serves: 8
  • Time: 45 Mins
  • Category: side dish, lunch, main course, main dish, dinner
  • Health Rating: 25.0

Ingredients


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Instructions

Step 1: Preheat oven to 425 degrees Farenheit.

Equipment:

  • oven

Step 2: For Roasted Cauliflower

Ingredients:

  • cauliflower

Step 3: Clean core and leaves from cauliflower (you do not have to have any precision when doing this). Chop cauliflower into pieces. Pieces should be roughly 1/2" - 3/4".

Ingredients:

  • cauliflower

Step 4: Place chopped cauliflower pieces onto a baking sheet.

Ingredients:

  • cauliflower

Equipment:

  • baking sheet

Step 5: Drizzle olive oil over top of cauliflower and mix to thoroughly coat pieces.

Ingredients:

  • cauliflower
  • olive oil

Step 6: After 20 minutes, toss cauliflower pieces to brown all sides.

Ingredients:

  • cauliflower

Step 7: Bake for another 20 minutes or until edges are browned.

Equipment:

  • oven

Step 8: Remove from oven and lower temperature to 350 degrees Farenheit.

Equipment:

  • oven

Step 9: For Macaroni and Cheese

Ingredients:

  • macaroni and cheese

Step 10: In a large pot of boiling and salted water, cook pasta until it is al dente. Once done, drain.

Ingredients:

  • pasta
  • water

Equipment:

  • pot

Step 11: In another large saucepan, over medium high heat, melt 3 tablespoons of butter. Once melted, whisk in flour. Keep whisking to ensure that there are no lumps. After 5-7 minutes, the butter and flour mixture should be a light caramel color.

Ingredients:

  • caramel color
  • butter
  • all purpose flour

Equipment:

  • whisk
  • sauce pan

Step 12: Add the soy milk, bay leaves, paprika, lemon juice, thyme, garlic powder and Szechuan pepper. Stir occasionally for 10 - 15 minutes. The mixture should thicken up.

Ingredients:

  • garlic powder
  • lemon juice
  • bay leaves
  • soymilk
  • paprika
  • pepper
  • thyme

Step 13: Remove bay leaves.

Ingredients:

  • bay leaves

Step 14: In a medium size bowl thoroughly mix eggs. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, slowly add milk mixture to eggs (temper the eggs). While adding the hot mixture to the eggs, make sure that you keep whisking. Once you have roughly 2 cups of the soy milk mixture in with the eggs, dump everything into the main saucepan and stir.

Ingredients:

  • soymilk
  • egg
  • milk

Equipment:

  • measuring cup
  • whisk
  • sauce pan
  • bowl

Step 15: Add in 3/4 of the shredded cheeses, and all of the goat cheese, and stir to combine.

Ingredients:

  • goat cheese

Step 16: Add in the cooked, diced chicken and roasted cauliflower. Once these are combined, add the cooked pasta and stir thoroughly.

Ingredients:

  • cooked pasta
  • cauliflower
  • chicken

Step 17: Season with salt and pepper.

Ingredients:

  • salt and pepper

Step 18: Pour into a 9"x13" baking pan.

Equipment:

  • baking pan

Step 19: Cover with remaining cheese.

Ingredients:

  • cheese

Step 20: Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a saute pan.

Ingredients:

  • butter

Equipment:

  • frying pan

Step 21: Add panko bread crumbs and stir to coat all of the crumbs with butter.

Ingredients:

  • panko
  • butter

Step 22: Top the mac and cheese with the panko crumbs and bake for 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

  • macaroni and cheese
  • panko

Equipment:

  • oven

Step 23: Let rest for 15-20 minutes before serving.

Step 24: If you really want to kick up the heat factor in this, you can add tablespoon of Sriracha hot sauce to the mix.

Ingredients:

  • sriracha


Dietary Information

    Nutrition Facts

    NutrientAmount% Daily Needs
    Calories585.11 kcal29.26%
    Fat30.93 g47.59%
    Saturated Fat15.47 g96.7%
    Carbohydrates38.12 g12.71%
    Net Carbohydrates34.58 g12.58%
    Sugar5.86 g6.52%
    Cholesterol135.99 mg45.33%
    Sodium863.8 mg37.56%
    Alcohol0.0 g100.0%
    Alcohol %0.0 %100.0%
    Protein38.13 g76.25%
    Selenium56.48 µg80.69%
    Calcium600.69 mg60.07%
    Phosphorus541.54 mg54.15%
    Vitamin C43.62 mg52.88%
    Vitamin B310.53 mg52.66%
    Vitamin B60.93 mg46.68%
    Vitamin B122.1 µg34.94%
    Vitamin B20.59 mg34.62%
    Manganese0.54 mg26.97%
    Folate103.91 µg25.98%
    Vitamin A1209.4 IU24.19%
    Vitamin E3.51 mg23.38%
    Copper0.42 mg21.08%
    Potassium715.65 mg20.45%
    Zinc3.04 mg20.29%
    Vitamin B51.96 mg19.65%
    Vitamin B10.29 mg19.03%
    Magnesium66.6 mg16.65%
    Vitamin K15.81 µg15.06%
    Iron2.66 mg14.78%
    Fiber3.53 g14.14%
    Vitamin D1.5 µg9.99%