Four Cheese Macaroni

Submitted by PaulaG

"This is a wonderful way to use up all those bits of cheese left over in the fridge. The idea comes from Weight Watchers and it lends itself to using cheese you have on hand. Of course, Weight Watchers recommends reduced-fat cheese and there were quite a few changes made by me. To ensure that the sauce is nice and creamy, make sure that one of the cheeses you use is a processed cheese. True comfort food!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 532.32 ml small shell pasta
• 236.59 ml nonfat milk
• 236.59 ml shredded monterey jack cheese or 236.59 ml monterey jack pepper cheese
• 118.29 ml shredded American cheese
• 78.78 ml shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1.23-2.46 ml white pepper
• 1.23 ml ground mustard
• 59.16 ml grated parmesan-reggiano cheese

directions

1. Cook the pasta in boiling, salted water as per package directions; drain and return to the pot.
2. Stir in milk, Jack Cheese, American cheese, mozzarella cheese, pepper and ground mustard.
3. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until cheese melts, about 5 minutes.
4. Serve in individual dishes topped with 1 tablespoon of freshly grated Parmesan-Reggiano per serving.

Reviews

[Skooch]

I was on a hunt for a "blow your socks off" mac 'n cheese. Absolutely outstanding! I used monterey jack, mozzarella, cheddar and American cheese. Also used whole milk. A definite keeper. Thanks PaulaG.

 

[KelBel]

I bought a pound of cheese ends at the store just for this recipe. I am not sure what they were, but it made a great mac and cheese. Like the addition of the mustard and white pepper.

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

This is an easy recipe since there is no roux to make first...I made this for my DS as a take-home meal and doubled the complete recipe, I used shredded cheddar in place of American cheese and also used 2% milk in place of the low-fat milk, this is easy and very good! thanks for sharing Paula!...Kitten:)

 

[ncmysteryshopper]

This was quick and easy! I used monterey jack, mozzarella, Parmesan, and cheddar. I cut up some American cheese slices and added that to make sure it was creamy. I used 1/4 teaspoon white pepper and the white pepper was very prominent. Next time I will use much less. Thanks Paula! You Rock!

 

[Sharon123]

Yummy, I did make a few changes. I used elbow macaroni from a pkg. of macaroni and cheese, I used monterey jack, mozzarella, parmesan, and cheddar. I also went ahead and used the cheese packet from the box. Everybody enjoyed. Thanks Paula!