I added some of my homemade Honey Whole Wheat Bread and Sea Salt Caramel Chip Brownies with Caramel Icing. Cheesiest Macaroni and Cheese was kid-friendly and not overly difficult for me either. They were expecting to be in court all day so I brought them a meal. After having the children for about a year (along with their own biological children), they decided to adopt these siblings. Last month I made a meal for a young family in our church who have been providing foster care for a couple of children.
Bread crumb macaroni and cheese free#
Treat yourself to R-E-A-L mac & cheese. Even though I have a gluten free version, I don’t pare down ingredients to try to pass it off as healthy! This is one of those foods you need to splurge on every now and then without worrying about calorie content! Even if that means using bacon, butternut squash or Cajun seasoning. I mean, really? Why would you want to do that? If you’re going to bother to make it at all, use real cream, real cheese (not fat-free versions), and just go for it.
One of the things about making a good macaroni and cheese is NOT to skimp out on ingredients by trying to make it healthier or less calories. It’s superb comfort food for any occasion, but it’s a super duper recipe to make up on those days that are gloomy and dreary outside and you need something to perk you up! L-O-A-D-E-D! Just the way you want your mac & cheese to taste. This fabulous mac & cheese dish uses three different cheeses so it’s loaded. This little extra condiment is well worth the effort.Įven doubling the amount of Gouda cheese, one serving of this revamped Creamy Smoked Gouda Macaroni and Cheese comes in at about 400 calories, thanks to some healthy substitutes.Cheesiest Macaroni and Cheese is a little bit of heaven! No lie. Chobani sent me some Greek yogurt to play around with and I’ve been having fun trying it in all sorts of recipes as a healthier substitute for coconut cream ( Smoked Red Curry Coconut Chicken), heavy cream (cream soups), and sour cream (dips).įor extra smokiness, I served some Smoked Avocado Salsa on the side, which the kids dolloped on top of their macaroni and cheese. This is a great trick that I’ve been using the last few weeks to make creamy sauces and soups without the fat, while adding protein to recipes.
To add extra richness and creaminess to this mac n’ cheese, I used a mixture of non-fat Greek yogurt and a beaten egg, and stirred this into the sauce. Don’t get freaked out by the name…they should probably call it umami dust. In addition to having umami qualities, nutritional yeast is packed with B vitamins, and is naturally low in salt, so it’s a healthier alternative to Parmesan cheese. If you’re not familiar with nutritional yeast, it’s often used in vegan cooking as a substitute for Parmesan cheese. Second, I substituted nutritional yeast for the Parmesan cheese to add cheesy flavor (nutritional yeast has half the fat, 97% less sodium, and twice the protein of Parmesan cheese). First, I used more smoked Gouda cheese (one ounce per serving, which does add fat and calories but more flavor the original recipe only used half an ounce per serving). I did three things to amp up the flavor and creaminess of this mac ‘n cheese. So, I came up with a few alterations to the recipe to make this comfort food just that – cheesy, rich and creamy, but still with less fat and calories than the typical recipe. Sure enough, as I read through the reviews, there were a number of comments about the lack of cheesy flavor. The recipe also included spinach to the mac and cheese, which I knew would not pass muster with my kids (unless it’s a stir fry, my kids prefer their vegetables served separately). Scanning the recipe, there was very little cheese relative to most macaroni and cheese recipes, which is good from a health perspective, but I was concerned about the taste and whether or not the recipe would yield the ooey gooey rich cheesy taste and texture of an authentic macaroni and cheese. When I came across a recipe for a smoked Gouda macaroni and cheese on Cooking Light, I took a closer look to see whether or not this healthier version of mac n’ cheese would pass the test in our house.
This Creamy Smoked Gouda Macaroni and Cheese is a lightened up version with Greek yogurt and a secret ingredient.Įver since I took a bite of Chef Plum’s Gouda Macaroni and Cheese with Smoked Avocado Salsa at the Culinary Exploration Workshop, and then again, at his Dinner Underground in Newtown, CT, I’ve been thinking about recreating a healthier version of this comfort food dish in my own kitchen.
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