Healthy Creamy Mac and Cheese
Healthy Creamy Mac and Cheese is an American main course. This recipe makes 6 servings with 363 calories, 19g of protein, and 14g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of ground nutmeg, greek yogurt, elbow macaroni, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil.
Add cauliflower, cover, and steam until tender, about 25 minutes.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes.
Drain and transfer to a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
Blend cauliflower, yogurt, chicken broth, and olive oil in a blender until smooth; pour cauliflower mixture into a saucepan over medium heat. Stir Cheddar cheese, nutritional yeast, mustard powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg into cauliflower mixture; cook and stir until cheese sauce is smooth, about 5 minutes.
Pour cheese sauce over macaroni; toss to coat.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
Mix Parmesan cheese and panko crumbs together in a bowl; sprinkle over macaroni.
Bake until Parmesan cheese is melted, 3 to 5 minutes.
Recommended wine: Lambrusco, Riesling, Chenin Blanc
Macaroni and Cheese works really well with Lambrusco, Riesling, and Chenin Blanc. With rich, cheesy mac & cheese you'll want to cleanse the palate with something crisp and acidic. We recommend Chenin Blanc, Riesling, or dry Lambrusco if you're in the mood for a red. You could try Venturini Baldini Montelocco Lambrusco. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 19 dollars per bottle.
Venturini Baldini Montelocco Lambrusco
A single-variety wine of Salamino grapes, grown on clay-sandy soils. The grapes are harvested in the first ten days in September. Short Charmat method. Perceptible fragrance of herbs and juicy black cherries. Has a fresh, semi-dry flavor with light tannic sensations. Certified Organic.