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Article: Macaroni & cheese: nothing satisfies like this hot, gooey homemade favorite. (Lighter & Leaner).
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- Muscle & Fitness/Hers
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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Every Friday during my childhood, my mom served the freshest fish she could find accompanied by a hearty portion of macaroni and cheese. But a typical side-dish serving contains about 30 grams of fat, far more than the typical M&F HERS reader wants in a whole meal. So how do we hold onto the warm memories without increasing the size of our running tights?
My mission was to drop the fat content without losing any flavor. The finished product needed to have a blend of cheeses that would be gooey on the inside, plus a layer of cheese on top that would bubble to form a crusty topping. I knew I could easily substitute fat-free milk for the whole milk or half and half ...