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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!
