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Green Mac and Cheese
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QAST
Total time:
20 min
Preparation:
5 min
Cooking:
15 min
Serves:
12
- Chrissy Buzzard
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Ingredients
1kgmacaroni, cooked
1/2cupwater
1cupcauliflower
1cupgreen peas, cooked
4cups (160g)spinach leaves
2cupslow-fat milk
2cupsreduced-fat grated cheese
125glight cream cheese
Method
- Break cauliflower into florets, add to a saucepan with 1/2 cup of water and cook until tender.
- Just before cooked, add the spinach leaves and cook until wilted.
- Add the vegetables and water to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Return blended vegetables to saucepan, add milk, cheese and cream cheese, stir until smooth over a medium heat.
- Add cooked macaroni (cooked to packet instructions) and cooked peas (cooked to packet instructions) to mixture, reduce heat, mix thoroughly, cook for five minutes covered.
- Dish out into desired containers.
Recipe description
Take this classic, that’s always a hit with the kids and give it a green (and healthy) twist. It’s creamy and delicious and packed full of extra veg!
Variations
This recipe was developed as part of the Healthier Tuckshop Support Program funded by the Queensland Government through Health and Wellbeing Queensland.
