So you saw the Mac N’ Cheez recipe. Right? You didn’t? Well go freaking look at it over here. Rude. Anyways, this is GREEN Mac N’ Cheez made with avocados. We just like kicking our dishes up a notch up in here. This would probably be perfect for St. Patty’s Day with your whiskey. BUT it’s delicious year round, especially as it is starting to get cold!
My 5 year old ATE and LIKED this recipe. He is the pickiest person I know, so you know it’s gonna be good, and kid approved!
GREEN Mac N’ Cheez
The Green Ingredients
2 avocados
1 cup cilantro
1/2 cup basil
1 tsp garlic powder (eh.. add a little more)
A little bit of paprika
Salt
Lemon juice (about 1 lemon needed)
First, throw all this stuff in a food processor and mix it up for a few minutes until it’s all creamy. Hold on to that for a minute.
Once that is all mixed up, start cooking some of your fave macaroni noods. Read the directions.. you know how to do that.
The Cheez Ingredients
2 tbs olive oil
2 tbs flour
3-4 garlic cloves (minced)
1 and 1/4 cup UNSWEETEND almond milk
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
Heat up your olive oil and flour until it starts to brown a little. I’m pretty sure this is called a rue, but I could be wrong. Mince up that garlic (I don’t know about you but mincing garlic is like my therapy.. it really relaxes me. I also love garlic), throw it in to the rue, and mix it up. Then add your almond milk and nutritional yeast. Let all of that simmer for just a few minutes. NOW add you avocado mix that you were holding on to. Mix up your cheez mix and your avocado mix all together heating them a bit as well.
Take your cooked macaroni and throw it in to the pan of green delicious good. Make sure that tasty stuff is well incorporated all up in that macaroni.
Now, you can stop here and eat it how it is, or you can be a bad ass and take it up a notch.
Grab some arugula and throw it in your macaroni mix. The peppery flavor and greeny texture adds a whole other element. We also added some chopped up cherry tomatoes and red pepper flakes.
FINALLY, this is a must, make some vegan parmesean and add it on top. I did this with the leftovers the next day and, damn, was it good. I used Minimalist Bakers recipe, but there are tons online. Basically cashews and nutritional yeast.
Enjoy!
Phatty Food 