Recipe: Broccoli Baked Mac and Cheese

Ingredients:

1 cup of macaroni

1 cup broccoli (chopped up)

1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese

3 tbsp flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

2 tbsp butter (melted)

2/3 cup bread crumbs

Directions:

Cook macaroni in salted boiling water until soft. Drain well.

Grease a large shallow casserole dish and set aside.

In a bowl mix together cooked and drained macaroni, broccoli, 3/4 cup of cheese, flour, salt and pepper. Place mixture in the casserole dish and cover with remaining cheese. 

Mix melted butter with bread crumbs and sprinkle on top of macaroni.

Bake at 350° for 40 minutes.

Enjoy!!!

Leftovers Recipe: Creamy Spinach Dip Baked Pasta

In my last post I made some creamy spinach dip, well I realised I made just too much for the amount of people in our home right now and it was getting a little repetitive. I only had about half the amount of spinach dip left when I used it in this recipe, so keep in mind, what I made here is a relatively small amount and you may need to double up this recipe to satisfy everyone's stomach. 

Ingredients:
Creamy spinach dip (click here for the recipe)
1 1/2 cups of bow tie pasta (or 1 cup of macaroni)
1 cup shredded mozzarella
1 tsp butter

Directions:
Cook pasta according to directions on the box until soft. Drain well.
Using the butter grease a shallow casserole dish and set aside.
Take the cooked pasta and stir in the spinach dip and half the mozzarella cheese. Place in the casserole and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
Bake at 400° for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!!!

Recipe: Healthy Kale Pizza

Dough:

Ingredients:
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup buckwheat flour
1/4 cup flax seeds
1/5 cup ground chia
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons white sugar

Directions:
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, combine both types of flour, ground chia, flax seeds, olive oil, salt, white sugar and the yeast mixture; stir well to combine until a stiff dough has formed. Cover and rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Toppings:
Pizza sauce or something similar, I used Hunt's tomato paste.
Kale, washed and and dried as much as possible, if you have a salad spinner use it.
2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese.

Turn dough out onto a well floured surface. Form dough into a round and roll out into a pizza crust shape. Cover with sauce and toppings and bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

Enjoy!!