Recipe: Yummy Creamy Greek Mac & cheese

Creamy Greek Mac & cheese. Creamy Greek Yogurt Mac & Cheese recipe: a healthy and low fat Mac and Cheese with greek yogurt, cheese, and a perfect spice blend. It's homemade in one pot and is so good everyone will want seconds. In fact, this is the BEST Healthy Mac & Cheese that's so easy to make you'll forget the Kraft box ever existed!

I have readers from all levels of comfort and experience in the kitchen on my site, and I. Ok so this Creamy Greek Yogurt Mac & Cheese is so easy to make! I like to use a quinoa or chickpea pasta for extra protein and fiber. You can have Creamy Greek Mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Creamy Greek Mac & cheese

1. Prepare 4 tbsp of shallots.
2. You need 2 1/2 cup of feta cheese.
3. It's 1 cup of jack cheese (monterey with jalapeno peppers).
4. It's 1 cup of parmesan cheese.
5. Prepare 1 can of artichoke hearts (chopped).
6. You need 1 box of spinach (drained and chopped).
7. It's 2 lb of dried pasta (elbow/cavatoppi).
8. It's 1 cup of panko bread crumbs.
9. Prepare of bechemel sauce.
10. It's 5 cup of milk (whole).
11. You need 1 1/4 cup of white flour.
12. Prepare 2 1/4 stick of butter (unsalted).

Stir in the greek yogurt, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper, until smooth and creamy. This creamy Greek yogurt macaroni and cheese has all the creamy, cheesy comfort of the traditional dish but is a whole lot lighter and healthier for you! Let's chat about everyone's beloved mac 'n cheese shall we? Um, it's a freakin' mess and a half to make.

Creamy Greek Mac & cheese step by step

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In large pot boil water with kosher salt (2 tsp) and cook pasta to al dente. Drain and rinse when complete with cold water..
3. Using the same large pot with heat off, melt room temperature butter, add flour slowly whisk thoroughly while turning stove low->medium.
4. Small pot on medium, heat up the milk (3-4 minutes do not burn!).
5. Add cup by cup the heated milk to the whisked butter-flour mixture. It will become much thicker just keep whisking and add milk accordingly.
6. Add the minced shallots, the 3 types of cheese, and drained chopped artichoke hearts & spinach. Keep stirring and add pasta..
7. Fold the pasta in and then put in oven safe bowl..
8. (Optional): for gooey thick creamy Mac & cheese leave as is. If textured layer, bake Panko bread crumbs for 5 minutes at 400, cool and sprinkle on top of Mac and cheese. Bake again for 15-20 minutes. Check at the 10 minute interval..

An awesome take on macaroni and cheese! Fat-free Greek yogurt and low-fat cream cheese gives the sauce a very creamy and flavorful base--without all the fat found in heavy cream--and shredded cheeses add lots of intense flavor. Fresh spinach and salty prosciutto perfectly complement the dish! The healthy mac and cheese recipe you can feel good about serving your family. This Greek yogurt mac and cheese is healthy comfort food at its absolute yummiest.