How To Make Macaroni and Cheese with Veggie Bacon
This loaded macaroni and cheese dish is packed with plant-based savory bacon, two cheeses, and tender elbow pasta, for a richly cream meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 8slicesMorningstar Farms® Veggie Bacon Strips
- 8ozdried elbow macaroni
- 2tbspbutter,or margarine
- 2tbspall purpose flour
- ¼tsppepper
- 1tspdry mustard
- 2cupshalf and half,or milk, fat free
- 6ozAmerican cheese
- 1cupsharp cheddar cheese,shredded
- 2tbspfresh parsley,chopped
Instructions
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Cook the Morningstar Farms® Veggie Bacon Strips according to package directions.
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Set 2 slices aside. Break remaining bacon strips into bite-size pieces. Set aside.
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Cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain. Rinse with cold water, and drain well. Set aside.
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In medium saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in flour, pepper, and mustard. Stir in the half-and-half.
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Cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until the mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat.
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Stir in American and Cheddar cheeses until melted. Add macaroni and bacon pieces; mix well.
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Spoon into ungreased 8x8x 2-inch baking dish.
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In small bowl, crumble the reserved bacon strips. Stir in parsley. Sprinkle over the macaroni mixture.
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Bake at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes or until bubbling around edges.
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Let stand for 10 minutes.
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Serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition
- Calories: 476.53kcal
- Fat: 32.68g
- Saturated Fat: 16.56g
- Trans Fat: 0.35g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.84g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.82g
- Carbohydrates: 27.81g
- Fiber: 1.04g
- Sugar: 3.73g
- Protein: 17.63g
- Cholesterol: 79.60mg
- Sodium: 531.15mg
- Calcium: 291.50mg
- Potassium: 300.27mg
- Iron: 0.92mg
- Vitamin A: 133.58µg
- Vitamin C: 1.83mg
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