This bowl of pure comfort food is half the calories of plain old mac and cheese which means you can enjoy TWICE as much!
Here's a little note for you: this meal takes hardly any time to make (like less than 20 minutes) as long as you are good about multitasking in the kitchen... I paid really close attention and BOOM turned out quick and perfectly delicious!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 box elbow macaroni
- Cooking spray
- Cubed french toast (I got the whole wheat kind, absolutely delicious)
- Fresh ground pepper
- Salt
- 1/2 bunch of green onion
- 1 carrot, grated (I buy the pre-grated stuff)
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 3 cups fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 1/4 cups low fat milk
- 8 ounces shredded mild cheddar cheese
- Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 450f.
- Bring a medium saucepan to a boil with salted water.
- Cut the french bread into small cubes.
- Add the macaroni as soon as the water comes to a boil.
- Mist a baking sheet with cooking spray and arrange the bread in a single layer.
- Season the cubes with salt and pepper and slip into the oven.
- Bake the bread until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Chop green onions and grate the carrots.
- Mist a saucepan with cooking spray and add the veggies.
- Cook over medium-high heat about 5 minutes.
- Add the flour and cook for two minutes, stirring.
- Stir in the broth and bring to a boil, until thickened. (I used a whisk to break up the little flour balls that managed to float around)
- Add the milk, cheeses, and macaroni.
- Stir until the cheeses melt.
- Season with pepper.
- Top the soup with the little toasts.
- Enjoy!
6 comments:
Sounds fantastic! I will have to try this!
this looks so good!! i am definitely bookmarking it to give a try soon! :)
My kids might just eat this!! Yum! So glad to find another San Diego blogger to follow :)
looks so good love mac and cheese
wow this sounds delicious! and I like that it's a healthier version of mac n cheese.
This is genius! must try soon.
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