Healthy Mac & Cheese

Most Mac n cheese is packed full of calories and heavy fats but not this one! It's a great way to hide veggies from the kids (or yourself) and is perfect with a good piece of grilled chicken or steak.

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups raw pumpkin, cubed
• 2 cups cauliflower
• 150g low fat cream cheese
• 3/4 cup almond milk
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 2 tbsp. nutritional yeast or 2 tbsp. Vegeta
• pink salt
• pepper
• 300g raw pulse pasta or high protein lower carb pasta
• 1 cup low-fat cheese

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Cook pasta according to instructions. Drain and set aside.
• Boil a large pot of water with a sprinkle of salt. Add the pumpkin and cook until tender. Add in the cauliflower and cook until both are soft.
• Drain and set aside.
• In a food processor or blender, add in the pumpkin, cauliflower, cream cheese, almond milk, garlic, Vegeta or yeast and a generous amount of salt and pepper. Blend until smooth and creamy.
• Pour pasta into a baking dish.
• Pour the creamy sauce over the pasta and mix to combine.
• Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden.

Nutritional

• Serves - 6
• Calories - 302
• Protein - 22g
• Carbs - 31g
• Fat - 9g