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Three Veggie Mac-n-Cheese

Psst! There’s also another little trick to this recipe! The color in this dish isn’t from fake yellow cheese, it’s from turmeric! The yellow color you see in cheese typically comes from fake coloring and here at Go2Kitchens, we are all about REAL food ingredients!
Course Dinner
Cuisine Vegan
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 1 cups cauliflower chopped into florets
  • 1 bulb of fennel quartered
  • 1 cup broccoli minced into tiny florets
  • 2 cups gluten free pasta
  • 1/2 cup whole milk cottage cheese
  • 1/4 cup raw probiotic rich plain yogurt
  • 1 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 cup grated raw cheddar cheese saving some for later

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375.
  2. Cook pasta according to box
  3. Steam cauliflower and fennel until tender, about 7 minutes.
  4. Steam broccoli florets until tender in a separate pot.
  5. Place the cauliflower and fennel into a high speed blender and add cottage cheese, yogurt, dijon mustard, salt, pepper, and garlic salt. Blend until smooth.
  6. Once your sauce is blended, add turmeric for color and blend.
  7. Add cheddar cheese to the sauce in the blender, stir with a long wooden spoon or spatula and save a little for the top of the dish.
  8. Spray a 10 inch baking dish with spray coconut oil and add your macaroni to the dish.
  9. Add the steamed broccoli to the macaroni and combine together.
  10. Pour the sauce from the high speed blender on top and spread evenly.
  11. Sprinkle more raw cheddar on top of sauce.
  12. Bake for 15 minutes.
  13. Place under the broiler for 1-2 min to brown the cheese.