# High Protein + Low Cal Macaroni & Cheese

- Servings: 10 1 cup servings
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dinner
- Difficulty: easy
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 0.50 whole shallot, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 0.50 cup ultrafilter fat free milk
- 24 oz low fat cottage cheese
- 1.50 cup chicken bone broth
- minced onion (optional)
- salt (optional)
- peppercorn (optional)
- paprika (optional)
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1.50 cup reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese
- 16 oz elbow noodles
- cornstarch, made into a slurry (optional)

## Instructions

1. Sauté the shallot in olive oil until soft, then add the minced garlic.
2. Stir in the flour to create a roux.
3. Add the ultrafilter milk to the roux.
4. Add the container of cottage cheese to the mixture.
5. Combine one box of elbow noodles and one container of bone broth in a separate pot and cook until the broth is absorbed.
6. Slowly pour one and a half cups of bone broth into the cottage cheese roux to melt the curds.
7. Season the sauce with minced onion, salt, pepper, paprika, and nutritional yeast.
8. Stir in one cup of the reduced-fat sharp cheddar cheese until melted.
9. Add the cooked noodles to the sauce.
10. Transfer the macaroni to a baking sheet and top with the remaining half-cup of cheese.
11. Broil on high until the cheese is browned.

## Equipment

- pot
- spatula
- baking sheet
- knife
- cutting board

## Tips

- Depending on the brand of cottage cheese used, you might need to add a cornstarch slurry to get the right sauce consistency.
- Save 1/2 cup of the cheddar cheese to use as a topping.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=2237424233405056
- Creator: Samantha Milton
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d8cd9ef9-730f-44f7-9a22-a54e91d8e8ee
- Extracted: 2026-07-30

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