Homemade mac and cheese in 20 minutes! You can do it!
20-Minute Mac and Cheese
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 2 packages (7 oz each) small pasta shells
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (12 oz)
- 4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)
- 1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Cook and drain pasta as directed on package.
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Step2Meanwhile, in 3-quart nonstick saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in flour, salt, mustard and pepper. Cook over low heat 20 seconds, stirring constantly, until butter is absorbed. Remove from heat; gradually beat in half-and-half with wire whisk. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in cheese until melted.
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Step3Stir pasta, onions and bell pepper into sauce. Cook, stirring constantly, until hot.
Nutrition
510
Calories
25g
Total Fat
21g
Protein
49g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 510
- Calories from Fat
- 230
- Total Fat
- 25g
- 39%
- Saturated Fat
- 15g
- 77%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 75mg
- 25%
- Sodium
- 650mg
- 27%
- Potassium
- 210mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 49g
- 16%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 21g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 8%
- 8%
- Calcium
- 30%
- 30%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 2 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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