Best Deceptively Delicious Mac Cheese With My Twist Recipes

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DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS MAC & CHEESE (WITH MY TWIST)



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This is a recipe I adapted from Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook about sneaking healthy food into recipes. It uses pureed chickpeas to thicken the cheese sauce as opposed to butter and flour. It comes together in a flash and is adaptable to many different diets. I serve it over gluten free pasta.

Provided by DreamoBway

Categories     Cheese

Time 12m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup skim milk
1/2 cup canned chick-peas, drained and rinsed
1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 pinch cayenne

Steps:

  • Puree milk and beans together in a blender or food processor.
  • Add to a greased pot.
  • Cook 1-2 minutes over medium heat until mixture is creamy.
  • Add cheese and cook until melted and sauce has slightly thickened.
  • Add spices.
  • Stir until combined.
  • Serve over your favorite pasta.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 233.5, Fat 14.6, SaturatedFat 9.1, Cholesterol 45.7, Sodium 970.7, Carbohydrate 11, Fiber 1.4, Sugar 0.2, Protein 14.6

DELICIOUS HOMEMADE MACARONI & CHEESE



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Delicious cheesy homemade Macaroni & Cheese. You'll never want to go back to Mac & Cheese out of the box again!

Provided by CookingCollegeStude

Categories     Cheese

Time 20m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 (16 ounce) box noodles (my favorite are shell noodles)
1 (12 ounce) package sharp cheddar cheese
1 (8 ounce) package mild cheddar cheese
1 egg
1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk

Steps:

  • Pre-heat the oven to broil.
  • Cook the noodles, as directed.
  • Cube about 3/4 of the block of sharp cheddar cheese, and 3/4 of the block of mild cheddar cheese.
  • Cut the remaining 1/4 of the blocks of cheese into slices, set aside.
  • In a large sauce pan, heat the egg and begin melting the cubed cheese.
  • Stir constantly!
  • Slowly add the cubed cheese and evaporated milk, until all the cubed cheese is melted and desired consistency is reached. (I usually don't use the whole can of milk, but if you like it creamier, feel free!).
  • Mix cooked noodles into the sauce pan with the melted cheese sauce.
  • Pour into a 9 x 13 casserole dish.
  • Cover the dish with the remaining sliced cheese.
  • Broil for about 5-7 minutes, or until the cheese on top is melted, bubbly & brownish.
  • I give it a good stir before serving, so all the cheese is mixed together.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1141.4, Fat 59.7, SaturatedFat 35.5, Cholesterol 322.1, Sodium 1011.9, Carbohydrate 91.7, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 3, Protein 58.8

MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH A TWIST



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I found this recipe in one of my favorite cookbooks: "The Vegetarian Meat and Potatoes Cookbook" Besides being a great dairy free recipe for "mac and cheese", the flavor of the dish from the miso, tofu and lemon is really unique. It's also a fun way to sneak tofu into the diets of non vegetarians. I do eat dairy, so I usually use skim milk and real cheese instead of the soy, but the original recipe from the book uses the non-dairy options.

Provided by Kozmic Blues

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 50m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 teaspoon olive oil
1 medium onion, minced
2 cups soymilk (can substitute skim milk)
12 ounces soft tofu or 12 ounces silken tofu
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon white miso
1 -2 dash hot sauce
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
salt & freshly ground black pepper (for a nice change, try using fresh ground white pepper)
12 ounces rotini pasta (spiral shaped)
1 cup grated soy cheese (can substitute cheddar or monteray jack cheese if you eat dairy)
1/2 cup dried breadcrumbs

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Lightly spray a 2 1/2 quart caserole dish with cooking spray.
  • Heat oil in a pan over medium heat, and saute the onion until soft, about 5 minutes.
  • Place onions in a blender or food processor with the milk, tofu, lemon juice, miso, hot sauce, turmeric, and salt and pepper.
  • Process until well blended.
  • Take a taste and adjust any of the seasonings as needed, then set aside.
  • Cook rotini in a large pot of boiling salted water until just under al dente (I'd say about 6-7 minutes).
  • Drain pasta and add the sauce from the blender and half of the grated cheese.
  • Combine well.
  • Place pasta into the caserole dish, and top with the breadcrumbs and the remaining cheese.
  • Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
  • Uncover and bake until the top is lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes longer.
  • Let sit about 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

EASY BAKED CHEESE & VEGETABLE TWIST



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Make and share this Easy Baked Cheese & Vegetable Twist recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Chris Reynolds

Categories     Vegetable

Time 1h

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 eggs
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup cheese, Italian three cheese blend
3 cups frozen broccoli cuts, thawed & drained
1/2 lb fresh mushrooms, cut in quarters
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half
4 green onions, sliced
2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 375°F Mix eggs and cheeses in a large bowl until well blended. Stir in the broccoli, mushrooms, tomatoes, and onions.
  • Unroll the crescent dough and separate into 16 triangles. Arrange on cookie sheet, covered in parchment paper, in an 11" circle with short sides of triangle overlapping in center and points of triangles toward outside.
  • Spoon cheese mixture onto dough near center of circle. Bring outside points of triangles up over filling, then tuck under dough in center of ring to cover the filling.
  • Bake 35 - 40 min, or until crust is golden brown and filling is heated through.

JESSICA SEINFELD HEALTHY BROWNIES



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These are the HEALTHY brownies from Jessica Seinfeld's new book, Deceptively Delicious. She made them on Oprah last week and they looked great. The only change here is I made them with a mixture of wheat & white flour instead of oat flour and I used butter instead of trans fat free margarine as the original recipe calls for because that's what I have in my kitchen! To puree veggies, I used microwave then ran through the food processer. I would guess about 1 1/4 cups of carrots made the 1/2 cup puree and almost a whole bag of pre-washed baby spinach for the spinach puree. They are not overly sweet OR chocolatey but for being healthy, they are not bad! My 11 year old just came in and said YUM, BROWNIES!

Provided by Kiwiwife

Categories     Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 cup pureed carrot
1/2 cup pureed spinach
3 ounces melted semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 egg whites
1/4 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup whote flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Stir 1st 8 ingredients into large bowl.
  • Whisk dry ingredients together then add to wet.
  • Mix wet into dry
  • Pour into baking dish sprayed with pam.
  • Bake 30-40 minutes.
  • Let cool and dust with powdered sugar if desired.

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