Hormel mac and cheese with green peas
This shelf holds the whole dinner: pasta with cheese sauce already mixed in. A handful of frozen peas stretches it into a proper meal and takes five minutes. Serve it hot from the pot, nothing else needed.
About 280 calories a serving, 13 g protein, 54 g carbohydrate, 1 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 1 cup frozen peas
From your shelf
- 1 box Hormel macaroni and cheese pasta
Staples
- to taste for cooking water salt
- to taste pepper
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the contents of the box and stir once. Let it come back to a boil and cook according to the package time, stirring now and then.
- When the pasta is tender, stir in 1 cup frozen peas and cook until heated through, about 2 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
Note Swap the peas for any other frozen vegetable or none at all. Leftovers keep in the fridge for two days and reheat gently with a splash of water. Serve with a glass of milk and bread on the side to make it go further.
On the label
INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED MACARONI (WATER, DURUM SEMOLINA (WHEAT), FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, MILK WITH VITAMIN D3, WATER, PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE SPREAD (AMERICAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEY PROTEN CONCENTRATE, SKIM MILK, SALT, MILKFAT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR), COLORED CHEDDAR CHEESE SYSTEM (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], NONFAT MILK, WHEY, SALT, ANNATTO EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS), LIQUID MARGARINE (LIQUID AND HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF VEGETABLE MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), ANNATTO COLOR.
Hormel, other deli, serving 230 g, package 32 oz/2 lbs/907 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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