How To Make Stove Top Broccoli Mac and Cheese
Turn your mac and cheese healthier and mintier by adding broccoli florets. Add a generous amount of milk and cheese to make it creamier.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 8ozdry elbow macaroni
- salt
- 4cupsbroccoli floretscooked then finely chopped
- 3 ½tbspbutter
- 3 ½tbspflour
- ¼tspgarlic powder
- 1 ¾cupsmilk
- 4oz.cream cheesediced into small cubes
- 2tspdijon mustardto taste
- 8ozsharp cheddar cheeseshredded
Instructions
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Cook pasta in salted boiling water according to directions on the package. Drain pasta well.
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While macaroni is cooking, melt butter in a pot over medium heat.
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Add in flour and garlic powder and cook, whisking constantly for 2 minutes.
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Slowly and gradually, pour in milk while whisking.
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Add in cream cheese and mustard and cook, whisking constantly until cream cheese has melted and mixture has thickened well.
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Remove from heat then add in cheese and stir briskly to melt cheese.
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Pour drained pasta and drained broccoli into the pan with the sauce and toss everything to evenly coat, while seasoning with salt to taste.
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Thin sauce with a little pasta water or milk if desired. Serve warm.
Nutrition
- Calories: 736.46kcal
- Fat: 43.60g
- Saturated Fat: 25.19g
- Trans Fat: 1.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.89g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.29g
- Carbohydrates: 58.43g
- Fiber: 2.02g
- Sugar: 14.51g
- Protein: 29.06g
- Cholesterol: 126.14mg
- Sodium: 1026.26mg
- Calcium: 649.51mg
- Potassium: 725.50mg
- Iron: 1.63mg
- Vitamin A: 496.97µg
- Vitamin C: 52.98mg
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