Healthy Mac and Cheese

Name: Healthy Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 59 milliliters basil leaves, washed and dried; 118 milliliters toasted bread crumbs; 1 stick butter; 473 milliliters cooked collard greens; 113 grams light creme fraiche; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 113 grams gruyere cheese, shredded; 227 grams low-fat cheddar cheese, shredded; 1 teaspoon yellow mustard powder; 1 package whole wheat orecchiette; 118 milliliters panko bread crumbs; 118 milliliters parsley, washed and dried; 1 liters rice milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters shallots, thinly sliced; 1 teaspoons freshly ground white pepper; 113 grams plus 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Healthy Mac and Cheese a try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 27g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 636 calories. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes. If you have shallots, flour, basil leaves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to broiler setting at 375F. Cook the orecchiette per the packages instructions.

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Orecchiette

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Oven

Drain and set aside. Melt the butter in a stock pot, and saut shallots until caramelized then stir in flour.

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Shallot

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Stock

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Pot

Add garlic and rice milk. Continue to stir until flour is dissolved and there are no lumps. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low then add all cheeses, including crme fraiche.

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Rice Milk

Garlic

All Purpose Flour

Whisk until cheeses are melted and incorporated into the sauce.

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Sauce

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Whisk

Mix in nutmeg, mustard powder, salt and pepper. Toss pasta together with sauce and greens and transfer to a baking pan. In a food processor, blend panko, bread crumbs, parsley, basil, Parmesan, salt and pepper until fine.

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Salt And Pepper