A plate of mac and cheese

Easy Skillet Mac and Cheese

All you need is 15 minutes and a few simple ingredients to make this easy and healthy Skillet Mac and Cheese! This recipe is cheesy and creamy without any flour, cornstarch, or roux, and it's naturally gluten free and low sodium too. It's the best!

Prep:

5

minutes

Cook:

15

minutes

Total:

20

minutes

Servings:

4

Ingredients

  • 8 oz Banza shell noodles*
  • 1/2 C reserved pasta water
  • 1 Tbsp Country Crock 8% butter
  • ⅓ C almond milk
  • 1/2 C reduced fat shredded Mexican cheese
  • 1/4 C nutritional yeast
  • 1 tsp Everything But The Bagel seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp chili flakes (optional)

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet, cook the pasta according to package instructions. When finished, reserve 1/2 cup pasta water and drain the pasta, but DON'T rinse.
  2. Add the pasta back to the skillet and stir in the butter, milk, cheese, nutritional yeast, and seasonings. Slowly add in the pasta water to thin the sauce to the desired consistency. You don't have to use all of it.
  3. Season with salt to taste, divide into four portions, and enjoy!

Notes

*This is the pasta I used, but you can use any pasta you like, including regular pasta! Just make sure to use 8 ounces.

Nutritional facts are a calculated estimate of 1/4 of the mac and cheese, including seasonings.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/4 skillet / Calories: 268 / Fat: 4.3g / Saturated fat: 2.2g / Carbohydrates: 37.5g / Fiber: 6g / Sugar: 1g / Protein: 17g 

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