Four-Cheese Pasta with Cauliflower
A creamy, comforting pasta dish featuring four different cheeses - cream cheese, cheddar, Monterey Jack, and Parmesan - combined with whole wheat spiral pasta and steamed cauliflower for added nutrition.
7 servings
15 min
Ingredients
- •1¼ cups skim milk
- •2 tablespoons light cream cheese
- •1½ tablespoons whole-wheat flour
- •¼ teaspoon salt
- •¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- •¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- •⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- •¾ cup shredded cheddar
- •½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- •¼ cup shredded Parmesan
- •½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- •4 cups cooked whole-wheat spiral pasta
- •2 cups chopped cauliflower
- •steamed
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
In a medium saucepan, combine milk, cream cheese, flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne, if desired. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until mixture comes to a slow boil, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove pan from heat; stir in remaining cheeses and mustard until cheese melts. In a bowl, toss pasta with cauliflower; pour cheese mixture over top; stir. Divide pasta evenly among 7 bowls; serve immediately.
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