Recipe: Yummy A Lighter Bake Mac & Cheese
Recipe: Yummy A Lighter Bake Mac & Cheese Delicious, fresh and tasty.
A Lighter Bake Mac & Cheese. Lighter Baked Mac & Cheese. (Image credit: Emma Christensen). This "lighter" baked macaroni and cheese casserole relies on a combination of cottage cheese, sour cream, and shredded cheese for its creamy base. Mac and cheese is a perennial favorite, but most recipes are nothing but fat and carbs.
This healthier mac and cheese recipe is not only lighter, but it will also be a hit with your kids.
My skeptical daughter gave it her approval.
For low-carb macaroni and cheese options, try Baked Spaghetti Squash and Cheese or Baked Cauliflower "Mac" and Cheese.
You can have A Lighter Bake Mac & Cheese using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of A Lighter Bake Mac & Cheese
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You need 1 box of small pasta elbows or shells (I use whole wheat).
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It’s 4 tbsp of unsalted butter.
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You need 4 tbsp of all-purpose flour.
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It’s 3 cup of chicken broth.
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You need 1 can of cheddar cheese soup.
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It’s 1 can of reduce fat cream of chicken soup.
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Prepare 2 cup of cheddar cheese.
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You need 2 cup of Swiss cheese.
In this Unity tutorial, we go over light baking.
Unity's built in light baking system, Enlighten, is great for speeding up your game and giving it more depth.
Some 'scratch' mac-n-cheese recipes seem to require too much flour or baking time and the texture can be very grainy.
Only changes - I omitted the worcestorshire and used a little extra cheese on top.
A Lighter Bake Mac & Cheese step by step
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Pre heat oven to 350.
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Cook pasta to almost done about 6 min drain cool set aside.
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In sauce pan on medium heat add butter and flour to make roux.
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Add chicken stock one cup at a time till thick like gravy.
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Add both cans of soup and heat up.
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Whisk in all cheese a little at a time.
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Add cheese mix to pasta and mix.
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Dump pasta and cheese mix in grease baking pan cook for 45 min until golden brown and bubbly around edges.
How to make Baked Mac and Cheese.
Tossing pasta with butter provides a light coating that helps prevent it from bloating while baking in the sauce.
This is also the reason why I let.
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