Saturday, 11 May 2013

Four Cheese Macaroni



Really cheesy syn free comfort food. Only syn free if you use healthy a and only have one portion as the recipe uses 4  healthy a portions. if you are concerned about portion control you could bake as individual dishes in ramekins

Serves 4

-300g macaroni
-  75g Philadelphia Light with Sweet Chilli or garlic and herb (HA portion 1)
- pack of plum tomatoes
- 2 boiled eggs
- 80g reduced fat cheddar (HA portion 2 and 3)
- 6 thinly chopped spring onion
- 200ml of vegetable stock
-  1 cup of Low Fat Cottage Cheese with Onion & Chives (Asda and Tesco both do syn free options)
- meat eaters can add a cup of chopped chicken. ham or bacon



To make the crunchy topping - blend the following in food processor
- 1 slice of wholemeal brown bread (part of healthy b)
-1 teaspoon of onion salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
- 30g grated Parmesan (HA portion 4)
- 1 vegetable oxo cube


- cook the pasta and drain, hard boil the eggs - this can be done in the same pan
- in a blender put the cottage cheese, Philadelphia, vegetable stock and cheddar, blend until smooth
- in a casserole dish add the pasta, cheese sauce, sliced egg, tomatoes, spring onion and meat,  mix well
- slice the boiled eggs and add to mix
-season with salt and pepper.


you can either eat as it is or spread the breadcrumb mix over the top, stick under the grill till the breadcrumbs are browned (10 -15 mins)

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