Low Fat Pasta Recipes:
Macaroni Cheese

The low fat macaroni and cheese recipe is perhaps one of the easiest to prepare, especially because you may have all the ingredients already in your pantry.

I normally resort to this recipe whenever I don't feel like thinking too hard about what to cook. Yes, it happens even to the Skinny Chef!

I like meat in my pasta, but I gladly make an exception with the macaroni and cheese dinner, as it is creamy and savoury enough to keep my meat urges down.

Ingredients:

1.5 cups of elbow macaroni

1 cup of low fat milk

half an onion, grated

2 Tbsp flour

2 tsps crushed garlic

1/2 tsp dry mustard

1/2 tsp grated nutmeg

ground black pepper

1 cup of low fat cheddar cheese

1 can of crushed tomatoes and basil

salt to taste

This is what you do:

Preheat the oven to 180 C (about 350 F).

Cook the macaroni following the instructions in the pack, then drain and set aside.

In a large pot, mix the milk, onion, garlic mustard, flour, salt, nutmeg and pepper and then bring them to a boil as you stir the mix till it goes thick, which will be about 3 or 4 minutes.

Then pour cheese into the mix and stir to combine thoroughly.

Pour the cheese mixture onto the macaroni pot, and mix with the tomato and basil.

Spray a Pyrex and pour the macaroni mixture in. Bake for about 35 minutes. The let it settle and cool down before serving it.

Tip: You could try it with low fat mozarella cheese. Aahhhhhhh! So delicious! (and it's good for you!) ;-)

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