Steamed Mac and Broccoli with Greens and Garlic
This is a weeknight dinner that leans on the steam packet's cheese sauce and pasta base, dressed up with fresh greens and a quick garlicky edge. Two minutes of real cooking turns a shelf staple into something that feels homemade.
About 150 calories a serving, 10 g protein, 10 g carbohydrate, 10 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 2 cups fresh spinach or arugula
From your shelf
- 1 box Birds Eye Steamfresh Pasta & Broccoli with Cheese Sauce
Staples
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cloves, minced garlic
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 minced garlic cloves and cook until fragrant, about one minute, stirring constantly.
- Meanwhile, steam the pasta and broccoli box according to package directions.
- Pour the steamed pasta and broccoli with its cheese sauce into the skillet with the garlic butter. Add 2 cups fresh spinach or arugula and toss until the greens just wilt, about one minute. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
Note Swap the greens for any raw vegetable you have, added raw at the end for contrast. Leftovers keep, covered, for two days; reheat gently in a skillet with a splash of water. Serve with crusty bread to soak up the sauce.
On the label
COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)), BROCCOLI, SAUCE (WATER, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), NONFAT MILK, BUTTER CONCENTRATE [BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), FLAVOR], FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: GARLIC, SEASONING (MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, HYDROYLZED CORN PROTEIN, DRIED ONIONS, YEAST EXTRACT, DRIED RED PEPPERS, NATURAL FLAVORS, SOYBEAN OIL, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, DRIED PARSLEY, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, TURMERIC POWDER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SAFFLOWER OIL, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, CHICKEN FAT, GUM ACACIA, SUGAR, DRIED CHICKEN BROTH, SUNFLOWER OIL, ROSEMARY), ONION POWDER, XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR), SPICES).
Birds Eye, frozen dinners & entrees, serving 202 g, package 10 oz/283 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as cheese, broccoli, pasta. Half of it left? Use up the cheese.