Steak House Side Mac and Cheese

Name: Steak House Side Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 283 grams packages fresh baby spinach; 3 slices bacon slices; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 113 grams blue cheese, crumbled; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 283 grams mushrooms, quartered; 4 teaspoons olive oil, divided; 118 milliliters whole-wheat panko (Japanese breadcrumbs); 59 milliliters plain 2% Greek yogurt; 2 teaspoons salt; 227 grams uncooked whole-wheat penne pasta or macaroni

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Steak House Side Mac and Cheese a try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 311 calories, 14g of protein, and 14g of fat each. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up baby spinach, salt, pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the plain greek yogurt you could follow this main course with the Meyer Lemon-Greek Yogurt Pound Cake with White Chocolate-Greek Yogurt Topping as a dessert. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for valentin day.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

Coat 2-quart glass or ceramic baking dish with 1 teaspoon oil. Set aside.

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Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil; add salt and pasta. Cook for 6 minutes or until just barely tender.

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Pasta

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Drain pasta in a colander over a bowl; reserve 1 cup cooking liquid.

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Pasta

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Bowl

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Remove bacon from pan, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in pan; crumble bacon.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Add mushrooms to drippings in pan; cook for 8 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally.

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Mushrooms

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Frying Pan

Add pepper, garlic, and spinach (in batches); cook 3 minutes or until spinach wilts, tossing occasionally.

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Pepper

Combine yogurt and cheese in a large bowl, stirring until almost smooth.

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Cheese

Yogurt

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Bowl

Add pasta and mushroom mixture; toss to combine. Stir in 1/2 cup reserved cooking liquid (or more if mixture looks dry). Spoon pasta mixture into prepared dish.

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Pasta

Combine crumbled bacon, panko, and parsley.

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