Gnocchi Mac & Cheese

Mac & Cheese, really, who doesn't like Mac & Cheese? I, for one, love it. I love anything with cheese really, but anything with cheese sauces gets an extra kudos. Its comfort food. Its easy. Its delicious.

I recently started an online weight loss support group, because don't I know I need it, but in the back of my mind I have had this recipe: GNOCCHI MAC & CHEESE. The page is very motivating and knowing that I would soon get rid of "unhealthy" items in my kitchen. I figured I might as well get it out of my system, and boy was it worth it.

Ingredients

Packages gnocchi (you can use homemade too)
2 tbsp butter
1tbsp flour
4 chopped garlic cloves or to taste
1/4 cup mozzarella
1/4 cup sharp cheddar (you can use any cheese mix you like. These are just what I had)
3/4 cup milk
Parmesan Cheese (I only had powdered)
1tsp mustard
Salt/Pepper
Red Pepper Powder (optional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a pan melt the butter. Once melted, add the garlic and cook for about 2-3 minutes. Add the flour and mix well. Cook for about 1 minute.

Add milk and mustard. Whisk it well. Let it thicken.

Add Cheese a little at a time until well melted.

Season with salt, pepper, and red pepper.

Place cooked gnocchi in a shallow oven safe dish that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.


Pour sauce over gnocchi. Sprinkle with parmesan.

Stick in oven and bake for 30 minutes. The last 5 minutes or so I raised the oven to 450 degrees for that extra browning.


I think I actually enjoyed this more than Mac & Cheese.

A few minutes after making it, I had some hungry guests come over, and they had 2 bowls of it each. So now I definitely know its as yummy as I thought it was.