Do you like to treat yourself? Especially during pregnancy?
You need the calories, right? But when you think about treating yourself you make a box of Kraft Dinner Mac & Cheese, Dairy Queen’s Blizzard, or even going to Subway for a Meatball Sub. Now I even enjoy all of those things on rare occasion. Especially with Covid (the way it started out), you had no access to any of those things unless you got it delivered (or had a box in the house already).
Now if you are handy in the kitchen you can make yourself healthy alternatives to your favourite dishes. As some of you know I made homemade meatball subs a few months ago because I really wanted one. LIKE SO BADLY and of course when I wanted it, I had no way of buying myself one.
So, I made it, I made mac and cheese (because normally we do. But it’s really not that hard.) Regardless the only thing we haven’t made yet at home is a blizzard. My sister does make homemade ice cream and her flavours are always incredible but none the same there are ways to treat yourself while “feeling” healthy. So, make yourself homemade mac and cheese. The recipe is included in this blog. You are welcome.
Recipe Below
1 box of elbow macaroni (we use brown macaroni and it makes it heavier)
Water (to cover your macaroni)
1/2- 1 cup of Milk
1/4 cup of flour
1/2 Brick of your Fave Cheese (I used Marble)
Handful of Breadcrumbs
A handful of Parmesan Cheese
1. Cook your macaroni. Do it to your box or I did it for 10 minutes which made it pretty soft which helped when the cheese and the crunch of the breadcrumbs came.
2. Preheat oven to 350* (This step is optional. Its edible without baking it but for the crunch with the breadcrumbs I recommend)
3. Once you cooked it for ten minutes you should have very little water in your pan. I kept that with my macaroni then poured in my milk. We used 2% for creamier do half and half cream. So many options but what kind of calories do we want to add?
4. Turn off the stove and grate your cheese, I did half a brick and then put it inside the pan turning on low heat before mixing it till it was string, now it should be runny-ish. When that is added 1/4 cup of your flour, I did it slowly to avoid little flour balls in areas.
5. Turn it off and pour it into your glassware of choice. I used an oven-safe dish. Add the parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs over top. (You could add salt, pepper, and other spices if you want to make it more “gourmet”)
6. In the oven for 10-15 minutes and take out to serve your family a healthier* alternative to KD Mac & Cheese.
