Does anyone know a good lite Mac and Cheese recipe?

OtakuMusician

I love making mac and cheese but after I learned that my mac and cheese recipe is 700+ calories per serving, I figured it was time for a change. I've heard several different things, like people using fat free Greek Yogurt as a thickener, wheat pasta, etc. Does anyone else have any ideas?

thistimewillbedifferent

I love the one from Deceptively Delicious, the cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld (Jerry's wife). It involves pureed carrots and cauliflower mixed into the cheese sauce -- ups your fiber like crazy and fills you up with a smaller portion, yet tastes fantastic.

C1C2C3

mmm...Macaroni and cheese! Making me hungry just thinking about it.

Here are a couple recipes I found in a quick google search. I'm sure these could be even tweaked further with some creativity! :-)Whenver I am trying to figure out lighter options, I just google low calorie version recipes and gather up some ideas. Maybe these will help you out with some ideas and btw there were alot of other recipes for lightened macaroni on the couple pages I glanced through, so it may be worth it to look some up yourself since you know what you have on hand, what you like, etc.

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/05/lighter-baked-macaroni-and-cheese.html

http://lowcaloriecooking.about.com/od/pasta/r/Baked-Cauliflower-Macaroni-And-Cheese.htm - this looks pretty yum!

Sometimes lightening a recipe can be as simple as using lighter versions of the same ingredients. Like using a reduced fat cheese or 1% or skim milk (although I'm not sure how that would effect the creaminess). Wheat pasta might work or even veggie pasta. Personally, I am not a big fan of the taste of whole grain or wheat pastas but really like the veggie pastas.


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OtakuMusician

Sometimes lightening a recipe can be as simple as using lighter versions of the same ingredients. Like using a reduced fat cheese or 1% or skim milk (although I'm not sure how that would effect the creaminess). Wheat pasta might work or even veggie pasta. Personally, I am not a big fan of the taste of whole grain or wheat pastas but really like the veggie pastas.

In terms of like, Spaghetti, I can't eat white pasta anymore because we've been eating whole grain and wheat pasta for so long now that regular white pasta is just gross in texture and taste. I can get used to whole grain / wheat elbow noodles as well. Thanks for the suggestions!