Lightened-up, ultra creamy Greek yogurt mac and cheese…
The healthy mac and cheese recipe you can feel good about serving your family.
So rich and creamy, it might be the creamiest mac and cheese recipe you will ever find… even without any butter or flour!
This Greek yogurt mac and cheese is healthy comfort food at its absolute yummiest.
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A few weeks ago, my mother called me up after work and mentioned she was trying to figure out what to make as a quick and easy dinner for herself and my dad.
At the time, I had an idea for a Greek yogurt mac and cheese recipe in my head, but I’d never actually made it.
I said she could try the idea out if she felt up for experimenting.
Happily, my mother is a good sport and accepted the job. I wrote down the very basic gist of a recipe, sent it to her as an email, and she got to work…
A few hours later, she sent me a reply email that the meal was fantastic – a keeper for sure!
In fact, all of the photos in this post are actually hers. When she texted me a few pictures of her finished results, I loved them so much that I decided, “Why take new pictures for the blog post with my fancy Canon camera when these iphone photos look so good?!”
Greek Yogurt Mac & Cheese
Ingredients
- 2 cups dry elbows or small pasta (7 oz)
- 2 cups shredded cheese, such as Daiya
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1/8 to 1/4 tsp salt (I use 1/4 tsp)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened Greek yogurt (I used dairy-free Homemade Greek Yogurt)
- optional spinach, kale, or veggies of choice
Instructions
- Cook the macaroni in salted water until al dente, then drain but don’t rinse with water. Meanwhile, in a small pot, stir together the milk, cheese, and salt until cheese melts. Add the yogurt and cook on low, just until the sauce is hot. Stir in the cooked pasta and any veggies you desire.View Nutrition Facts
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This recipe has quickly become our favorite Mac N Cheese at my house! Thanks!!!
Made this Greek Mac & Cheese tonight. Added cooked broccoli and 1/2tsp Nutritional Yeast. Husband loved it as did I. Flavor reminded me of my Moms Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit)! Thank you Dana. ??????
My cheese sauce was clumpy but other than that this was great! How do I fix this?
This was a really great recipe and very filling. Thanks for posting it!
Oh this recipe is like crack. I have made it four times already and my bf loves it too. I used cheddar the first two times and then a spicy colby blend.Both are really really good!
Forgot to mention: Greek yogurt the first time, and plain unsweetened yogurt for the rest.
As soon as I saw this recipe on pinterest I knew I needed to make it THAT night. And it was even more delicious than I’d hoped. Your recipes make eating clean not only easy but so much fun. Thank you for another winner.
I am on a Chocolate Covered Katie kick this week. I made this and also the brownie batter oatmeal and both turned out really well.
Five smiley faces! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Not sure if anyone else has had this happen but my sauce looked beautiful and creamy until I added it to the pasta and then it separated and the cheese got clumpy?? The pasta was still warm and I didn’t rinse. No clue but I’m so disappointed because I’m really trying to replace Velveeta.
I have no idea what I did wrong but mine was super clumpy. As in all the cheese found each other and tried to form back into the block. The sauce looked beautiful and smooth and creamy until I poured it over the pasta (which was not rinsed and still hot). I’m super disappointed because it tasted good and I’m trying so hard to avoid velveeta. Any ideas??
thanks for this recipe, it is really really good and something my whole family has liked when i made it for them. i’m not a vegan and neither is my family but we all love it, we don’t use vegan ingredients.