Sweet Potato Mac & Cheese
Fiber-rich sweet potato is used as the base for the cheese sauce in this healthy, homemade macaroni and cheese recipe. The bright orange color tricks your eyes into thinking this healthy macaroni and cheese recipe is loaded with cheese, but there's actually only about half as much cheese as compared to a traditional recipe.
Source: EatingWell Magazine, January/February 2014
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Tips
Tip: To make your own coarse dry breadcrumbs to top this baked mac & cheese, trim crusts from whole-wheat bread, tear the bread into pieces and process in a food processor until coarse crumbs form. Spread on a baking sheet and bake at 250°F until dry, 10 to 15 minutes. (One slice of bread makes about 1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs.)
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: about 1 1/4 cups
Per Serving:
481 calories; protein 23.9g; carbohydrates 68g; dietary fiber 9.8g; sugars 12.6g; fat 14.2g; saturated fat 7.3g; cholesterol 38.5mg; vitamin a iu 10890.6IU; vitamin c 13.4mg; folate 71mcg; calcium 436.5mg; iron 3.1mg; magnesium 123.7mg; potassium 620.4mg; sodium 518.8mg; thiamin 0.5mg.
Exchanges:
4 starch, 1/2 nonfat milk, 1 high-fat meat, 1/2 fat