Macaroni and Cheese with hidden veggies

Name: Macaroni and Cheese with hidden veggies
Ingredients: 300 g macaroni or GF pasta cooked; 100 g Cheddar Cheese grated; 50 g Parmesan grated; 150 g Cauliflower chopped; 1 carrot chopped; 1 zucchini chopped; 1/2 onion, finely chopped; 1 cup chicken or vegetable broth; 75 g butter; 4 tbsp Changing Habits Emmer Wheat Flour; 1 1/2 cups milk

by Tessa | Oct 26, 2015 | 2 comments

Kids love Macaroni cheese! So why not make a version that is good for them and their growing bodies with nutrients from hidden veggies cooked in broth!

Yields1 ServingDifficultyBeginner

300 g macaroni or GF pasta cooked

100 g Cheddar Cheese grated

50 g Parmesan grated

150 g Cauliflower chopped

1 carrot chopped

1 zucchini chopped

1/2 onion, finely chopped

1 cup chicken or vegetable broth

75 g butter

4 tbsp Changing Habits Emmer Wheat Flour

1 1/2 cups milk

Cook pasta on the stove, as per packet instructions. While the pasta is cooking, cook the vegetables in the broth. Puree the vegetables once they are cooked.

Drain pasta, and place into a bowl. Stir the vegetable puree through the pasta.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat, add the flour and stir making sure there are no lumps, add the milk and gentle bring to the boil until the sauce thickens.

Add the cheese, turn off the heat and stir until combined.

Add the sauce to the pasta and serve.

Serve with extra parmesan cheese sprinkled on top if you wish.

CategoryMains, Sides, Snacks

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Ingredients

300 g macaroni or GF pasta cooked

100 g Cheddar Cheese grated

50 g Parmesan grated

150 g Cauliflower chopped

1 carrot chopped

1 zucchini chopped

1/2 onion, finely chopped

1 cup chicken or vegetable broth

75 g butter

4 tbsp Changing Habits Emmer Wheat Flour

1 1/2 cups milk

Directions

Cook pasta on the stove, as per packet instructions. While the pasta is cooking, cook the vegetables in the broth. Puree the vegetables once they are cooked.

Drain pasta, and place into a bowl. Stir the vegetable puree through the pasta.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat, add the flour and stir making sure there are no lumps, add the milk and gentle bring to the boil until the sauce thickens.

Add the cheese, turn off the heat and stir until combined.

Add the sauce to the pasta and serve.

Serve with extra parmesan cheese sprinkled on top if you wish.

Notes

Macaroni and Cheese with hidden veggies

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2 Comments

Catherine on June 26, 2018 at 4:48 pm

Hi, can I use spelt flour instead of emmer wheat? Or could you suggest other alternatives that would work? Thanks.
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- Jordan Pie on July 2, 2018 at 8:28 am
  
  Hi Catherine, yes I don’t see why spelt or buckwheat flour wouldn’t work. Let us know how it turns out 🙂
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