Macaroni cheese with mushrooms

Macaroni cheese with mushrooms

A lighter dish than the original, simple to make and very cheap, perfect for students.

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

READY IN 20-25 MINS

Method

  1. Fill a large sauté pan with boiling water. Tip in the macaroni and cook according to the pack instructions. (It may take slightly longer than suggested). Meanwhile, trim, wash and slice the leeks, quarter the mushrooms and roughly chop the tomatoes.
  2. Drain the pasta and keep warm. Heat the oil in the pan. Add the leeks and mushrooms and fry for 4-6 mins until the leeks are tender. Toss in the tomatoes at the last minute. Season with salt if you want to and black pepper. Stir in the macaroni and let it warm through, then crumble the cheese over.
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Making it with bacon

Fry two rashers of bacon, chopped, along with the leeks and mushrooms for non-veggies

619 kcalories, protein 17.0g, carbohydrate 85.0g, fat 26.0 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 8.0g, salt 0.3 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2004.

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  • 09 November 2008

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I added roasted peppers instead of cherry tomatoes. Was a good, speedy dish and a lot healthier than regular macaroni cheese.

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  • 02 May 2009

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  • 21 November 2009

    KatyCooks rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yummy comfort food! Admittedly, I did a variation by omitting the leeks, adding the bacon and using Shropshire blue cheese. But the result was extremely tasty!

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  • 28 December 2009

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  • 16 April 2010

    teapot rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    It wasn't really as comforting and tasy as normal macaroni and cheese. It was way too leeky and the Roule didn't quite go with it. We only ate it because it was too late by then to start making something else, but overall it was the most un-comforting macaroni and cheese we've ever had, and won't be making it again.

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  • 18 August 2010

    mathan commented on this recipe

    not my favourite i'm afraid. I found it all tasted bland and looked a mess !

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

READY IN 20-25 MINS

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619 kcalories, protein 17.0g, carbohydrate 85.0g, fat 26.0 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 8.0g, salt 0.3 g

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