Healthified Jalapeño Mac & Cheese
Oh Mac & Cheese why are you so amazing?! And why are you so full of calories and fat?! I am not going to lie, whenever I am feeling sad or down I always turn to the comfort food Mac & Cheese to make me feel better. However, I’ve been craving it a lot more lately, and knew if I was going to indulge in this delicious meal I was going to have to “healthify” it. Plus, once I added jalapeños I truly was in heaven! This recipe turned out so great that I had to share it with all of you! I hope it can provide you comfort on those nights where you need it 
Healthified Jalapeño Mac & Cheese
Author: Amy Clevenger, fantastically-fit.com
Recipe type: Entree
Ingredients
- 1 box Quinoa Pasta (I used the elbow shape)
- ¼ cup Non Fat Greek Yogurt
- ¼ cup Low Fat Cottage Cheese
- 1 teaspoon Ghee (or butter)
- 1 tablespoon Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- ¼ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon Mustard Powder
- ⅛ teaspoon Garlic Powder
- Salt & Pepper, to taste
- ½ cup Mac & Cheese Blend (Cheddar, American & Swiss)
- 1 Jalapeño, diced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
- Cook pasta per directions on the box.
- While pasta is cooking blend in a food processor or blender the greek yogurt, cottage cheese, almond milk, and all the spices until smooth and creamy.
- Mix the cheese into the yogurt cottage cheese blend.
- Then mix the cheese blend with the pasta.
- Mix diced jalapeños into the pasta.
- Top with some more cheese.
- Place in the oven for approximately 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
Notes
I got the quinoa pasta, ghee, almond milk, and spices from vitacost.com. Click HERE to save $10 off your first purchase of $30 or more.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4
This recipe looks fantastic! Can’t wait to try it. I’m also interested in the seasonings on the chicken pictured. Is that posted somewhere on your site as well?
Awesome! I hope you love it! For this chicken I just went simple and used Mrs. Dash seasoning. But, I have plenty of awesome chicken recipes you can check out. Just look under entree
I made this over the weekend and I am in love! [I think I might add an additional jalapeno next time though] Thank you so much!
So glad you love it! I think the amount of jalapeño definitely depends on how spicy the jalapeño is