Almost Guilt Free Mac and Cheese

Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave American food. Try making Almost Guilt Free Mac and Cheese at home. For $2.72 per serving, this recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 38g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 585 calories. This recipe serves 8. This recipe is liked by 4 foodies and cooks. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Only a few people really liked this main course. If you have cellantani pasta, flour, goat cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodista. With a spoonacular score of 68%, this dish is good. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Almost Guilt Free Mac and Cheese, Guilt-Free Mac 'n' Cheese, and Guilt-Free No-Bake Cheesecake {high protein, gluten-free}.

Ingredients

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cellantani pasta
Cellantani Pasta (elbow macaroni or small shells pasta)
226.796 grams
cauliflower
Cauliflower (chopped and roasted)
1 medium Head
chicken breast
Chicken Breast (sauteed and diced)
453.592 grams
olive oil
Olive Oil
2 Tbsps
butter
Butter (divided)
5 Tbsps
flour
Flour
3 Tbsps
coleman's mustard
Coleman's Prepared Mustard (could also use Dijon mustard)
1 Tbsp
soy milk
Soy Milk
708 milliliters
onion
Yellow Onion (finely diced)
1 medium
bay leaves
Bay Leaves
2 Items
paprika
Paprika
0.5 teaspoons
juice of lemon
Lemon (juiced)
0.5 item
thyme
Thyme
0.25 teaspoons
garlic powder
Garlic Powder
0.5 teaspoons
szechuan peppers
Szechuan Peppers (ground - can use more to taste)
0.125 teaspoons
eggs
Eggs
2 Items
goat cheese
Goat Cheese
141.748 grams
parmesan cheese
Shredded Parmesan Cheese
141.748 grams
emmental cheese
Shredded Emmental Cheese (or Swiss cheese)
170.097 grams
panko bread crumbs
Panko Bread Crumbs (or other bread crumbs)
60 grams
kosher salt
Kosher Salt
8 servings
ground pepper
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
8 servings

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 425 degrees Farenheit. For Roasted Cauliflower Clean core and leaves from cauliflower (you do not have to have any precision when doing this). Chop cauliflower into pieces. Pieces should be roughly 1/2" - 3/4". Place chopped cauliflower pieces onto a baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over top of cauliflower and mix to thoroughly coat pieces. After 20 minutes, toss cauliflower pieces to brown all sides. Bake for another 20 minutes or until edges are browned. Remove from oven and lower temperature to 350 degrees Farenheit. For Macaroni and Cheese In a large pot of boiling and salted water, cook pasta until it is al dente. Once done, drain. In another large saucepan, over medium high heat, melt 3 tablespoons of butter. Once melted, whisk in flour. Keep whisking to ensure that there are no lumps. After 5-7 minutes, the butter and flour mixture should be a light caramel color. Add the soy milk, bay leaves, paprika, lemon juice, thyme, garlic powder and Szechuan pepper. Stir occasionally for 10 - 15 minutes. The mixture should thicken up. Remove bay leaves. In a medium size bowl thoroughly mix eggs. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, slowly add milk mixture to eggs (temper the eggs). While adding the hot mixture to the eggs, make sure that you keep whisking. Once you have roughly 2 cups of the soy milk mixture in with the eggs, dump everything into the main saucepan and stir. Add in 3/4 of the shredded cheeses, and all of the goat cheese, and stir to combine. Add in the cooked, diced chicken and roasted cauliflower. Once these are combined, add the cooked pasta and stir thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into a 9"x13" baking pan. Cover with remaining cheese. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a saute pan. Add panko bread crumbs and stir to coat all of the crumbs with butter. Top the mac and cheese with the panko crumbs and bake for 30 minutes. Let rest for 15-20 minutes before serving. If you really want to kick up the heat factor in this, you can add tablespoon of Sriracha hot sauce to the mix.