You Won't Believe What this Cheese Sauce is Made From | High Protein Mac & Cheese
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- This High Protein Mac & Cheese is macro friendly and full of vegetables that are practically unnoticeable. Check out the recipe on my website here: mealprepmanual...
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Your best work yet. Turning filthy dirt vitamins into neon yellow cheese sauce is genius-level alchemy.
Lol
Filthy dirt vitamins 🤣
🤣was thinking the same.
@@hankmoody9965 Oh there's not way you were thinking the exact same thing. No one's ever thought that before.
Dirt vitamins
This was delicious! I added spices to the sauce: onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, pepper, mustard powder and a pinch of nutmeg.
Josh, I’m not exaggerating when I say this: You have literally changed my life. I had heard about meal prep in the past and always thought that it was just for pro athletes or it had to be from an expensive company. Your channel opened up so many doors for me to incorporate lots of your meals into my daily routine. It’s helped me to eat better and more consistently than I have in years. I’m getting more shredded every day, and a huge part of that is because of you. Thank you so much for everything!
That’s the goal, glad to hear it has been helpful 😎
@@TheMealPrepManual I'm losing weight and I tend to do recipes in 6 portions so i have food for 3 days. You've got some awesome recipes, my health is down the shitter so when I'm exhausted and can barely get out of bed it helps to have some fairly simple but great recipes that last for days, thanks.
big agree, love this channel. i recommend this channel to all my friends :)
Ditto
Agreed completely. I found meal prep to be tedious, uninspiring, and just plain bland until I joined MPM. Complete game changer, and it's done wonders for my health. Can't think you enough, Josh.
I really enjoy the honesty this guy has. It really lets us relate to this man so much more
i agree. i feel like i'm seeing this more and more with newer content creators; some seasoned (see what i did there) veterans as well. just be yourself. if a potential sponsor wants you to clean it up, or act a certain way, they can fuck off IMO
Glad to hear that. I don’t see any reason to pretend that I like eating vegetables cause it’s just not true. But I think we all know we should eat at least some of them so finding ways to make it work is what I find most helpful for me 👍
@@TheMealPrepManual I can do most vegetables if they're cooked. Not much raw. Red onions about it
I love that you include the cost to actually buy the ingredients separate from the cost of the recipe and cost per meal. I always roll my eyes when I see "$2.62 per serving" listed when I have to spend like $50-$60 on actually purchasable quantities.
Your disdain for broccoli is always hilarious 😂
I've been curious about a cheese sauce for meal prep, and I never knew or thought about pureed roast veggies as a base. That's level 10 sneaking
This meal was the easiest vegetable consumption I’ve ever had
Broccoli is a vile weed!
"And since parsley is a leafy green this mac and cheese is now a salad by definition". That is solid gold logic that I will carry with me for life 👌
This was a fun recipe and actually pretty flexible when it came to adjusting flavors. I merried this as a base with a few components from some Ethan Chlebowski recipes and had no problem eating this everyday. Roasted poblano + smoked paprika + cumin one night gives a nice Mexican flair; adding pea pesto sauce w/ sun dried tomatoes was so nice I made it twice; and some parm + smoked bacon made for a quick weeknight chicken carbonara-inspired dish. A banger all-in-one recipe!
Great idea on the daily remixes 💯
I cooked this for dinner today, it tasted absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe🙏
Blend 4 jalapenos into this and it's gold. Smells and tastes better
I really appreciate this man's unbridled contempt for vegetables while also trying to hide them in every food, he's basically saying what all of us are thinking but won't say because "only small children complain about vegetables"
I just discovered your channel last week and I’m blown away by all the simple, healthy, economical and storable recipes you have. Those vacuum sealing bags are such a game changer. Our household has become avid followers of the church of Snack City and please keep up the great work and the amazing content!
Josh is a real life saver. I had a horrible pattern of not wanting to cook because of the time to cook and cleaning everything, so I ate fast foods like every meal. I lost 45 pounds so far and my blood pressure back to normal with no meds and I'm freaking 23 lol. I meal prep 10 meals on Sunday and your vids are without a doubt a life saver for me
Also do intermittent fasting
What was your blood pressure before and what is it now?
@@ShacoPL not sure on the exact number but my doctor was going to put me on blood pressure meds if I didn't make any change in a month time lol. Needless to say I am doing much better now and I am down from 260 to 167 over the course of about 13 months.
just made this, it turned out fantastic and honestly a lot better than i expected. really hit that mac and cheese craving on the nose. my only critique would be the amount of carrot, just comes through a bit too much and makes it a bit sweet for me personally. will definitely be making this again, next time i'll probably mess around with some cottage cheese to bring the calories down a bit. thank you for all the work you do, josh, your recipes have helped me drop around 30 pounds since january and maintain with ease.
I always reach for 50% reduced fat cheddar to bring the calories down, so you can still keep the taste.
@@Parris1586 does it still turn out cheesy like it should? Zero fat cheddar is a bit tasteless.
@@camronmccutcheon2842 The 50% stuff works fine yeah and tastes pretty much as good. If I ever use the fat free stuff, I usually mix in some normal as well.
You could try being heavy on the spices to fight the sweetness.
Do they sell reduced fat cheese in block form?
Also
I’ve been using Kraft fat free cheese for all things cheese. But it can be pretty tasteless at times. So.
Also how would you recommend using cottage cheese if so
i RARELY comment, but i felt compelled to after making this recipe.
So i've been trying out high protein/anabolic recipes lately. They have all sucked until this! Wow! I usually don't even like leftovers by my hubby and i have devoured this over a three-day period. U make Remington James and Coach Greg's recipes look and taste gross.
It doesn't quite taste like regular mac n cheese, but it is a delicious, cheesy pasta. I totally agreed with you about the pasta needing to be a smooth consistency.
I used protein pasta (they only had penne). I also added some turkey bacon as a topping as well as some franks red hot. DANGGGG sooo good.
I struggle slightly to reach my protein goals for the day, but this made it super easy.
I'll be trying more of your recipes soon, but for now THANK YOU!
amazing, so glad you enjoyed
I’ll give this recipe a shot! I tried a different “hidden veggie” recipe that worked well, but it has butternut squash in addition to cauliflower and carrots. Less ingredients makes life easier!
Did u make it & did you like it?
I’m obsessed with this I made it for the second time today and I added pickled jalapeños next time I’ll add buffalo sauce !! Thank you so much for this meal prepping has helped me a lot when it comes down to trying to gain weight not wondering what to eat
"As salads are leafy greens, this means this Mac and Cheese is a salad". Love it! Subscribed!
Breakfast burritos at $1 a piece was an absolute game changer. I can't even begin to describe how much I needed this.
Josh it's a goddamn travesty that you're not at >1mil subs yet. This is the most useful cooking channel on UA-cam and I can't wait to try this recipe. Keep up the good work brother!
That is one salad I might want to make! I recently started meal prep, mainly thanks to your channel. What I live about your recipes is how approachable and experimentation encouraging they seem. Even with this Mac'N'Cheese I can tell some green peas and jalapenos would be a great addition for my taste.
i got real concerned when you said the carrots and cauliflower were gonna become a cheese sauce, haha glad to see the cheddar come out
Haha I would never do that to myself
Nothing can replace cheese :) Ive seen people do this…they aren’t kidding anyone:)
Man, seriously. Thank you for another solid recipe. I’ve crafted up a few of my own recipes with the inspiration of your channel and website but when I don’t make my own I love every one of yours I’ve tried. As a former fat guy I find balance in delicious food and weight loss/ maintenance with your recipes. I would love to work with you in some way expanding more recipes/ reaching more people in some way if you ever need. If not, I’ll keep supporting the channel!
I just tried this and it came out great! I modified the recipe a bit but it's not much different. I just tried to adjust everything to make more servings but doubled the cheese, a lot more pasta, etc. I took the cheese to 16oz, noodles to 20oz, cauliflower 20oz, carrot 450g, 2 cups each of pasta water & milk, about 34oz chicken breast. I also roasted 4 large pitted jalapenos sliced in halves along with the veggies. I baked it at 350 for 15 minutes then broil for 10 minutes. This made 8 servings at 700 calories. Macros very similar but with a bit more fat. 58c 55p 25f.
It came out amazing, thank you for this recipe! I discovered your TikTok of this and finally made it after weeks. I'll definitely be make more of your recipes because I love how simple you make meal prepping.
I have just come across you as I'm learning about how to get in shape and cut. Yoir videos have opened my eyes to how to meal prep cheaply easily and effectively. Thank you!!! Your videos have made sure I'm not jist eating chicken and rice!!
I LOVE my vegies, especially cauliflower, but your recipe looks super yummy!! I will definitely give this a go! 😁 thanks!
Thanks for putting everything in grams!!! I switched it up a little bit: used Velveeta cheese (slightly lower calorie), threw in pickled jalapenos to the blender, used garlic chicken seasoning, used half the pasta water because the cheese is a little bit creamer and it turned out even better!
Yo! Saw this vid last night and made it today. It’s one of the best healthy meals I’ve had. I did skip the chicken, bc I like to eat that separate. But the Mac was amazing. That cheese melted on the top is huge since it’s basically untainted deliciousness. Big win. Thanks for this
This was so good. The cheese sauce hid any hint of veggies incredibly well!
Love the recipes my man! I was working out and not getting nearly as far cause my meal prep game was weak! I love taking your recipes and adding my own variations and spins on them as well! Thank goodness I like veggies more than you though lol! Just wanted to say keep up the great work, and thanks! :) I am sure this one will be a hit too; cant wait to make it.
This is actually a genius recipe and I’ve used so many ideas from it but not together. Love the spin on Vegan cheese sauce (which is fine/good actually on its own) by adding real cheese and milk you can keep it healthier but also delicious.
Very cool. Very cool. I actually will make this one soon. It looks like a bit of work but this is actually easier than it looks I believe
This channel has changed my life.....you sir deserve all the success in the world, many thanks!
found this channel 10 minutes ago, appreciate this meal tips and the price info at the beginning especially
Thank you for your support 😎
I have already done my meal prep for this week, but I am definitely trying this out next week. Thanks for the awesome idea!
This sounds really good. Have you thought about using ground chicken breast rather than chopping? Also, banza pasta is another way to sneak in protein and fiber from the beans.
That's a good idea. I am going to try it out
I just made this for me and my roommate. We left it in the oven for like an hour too long accidentally but it tastes amazing Still. we added a habanero pepper to the cheese sauce and it’s surprising how amazing it tastes
Josh, I know you probably hear this a lot, but I can’t believe your channel is free. I havent been below 240lbs for years, I worked out and just didn’t lose weight bc I didn’t know how to cook good meals and stuff. But I fuckin LOVE your meal preps and even my vegan wife gets jealous lol, but I am not 225 and feel great and it’s seriously all thanks to your channel showing me how to make amazing recipes. Thank you
I idk if ill ever try to make this but I am so impressed with step-by-step directions, and answering people's questions before they even have them about what you're doing and why. This is exactly what every cooking video needs and lacks. The humour to top it off is just ace. I'll definitely be looking up your other recipes
Planning to sub chickpea pasta and low fat cheddar, looking forward to making this tonight!
This looks great! Gonna have to add it to my list. Your channel has completely changed my approach to meal prep and eating healthy, thank you!
Thank you 🙏
Just found this video of you. Bravo sir you have created a meal all the kids in the familly love!
Thats my meals sorted for next week then, looks really tasty too. I've recommended this channel to so many people, I'm living proof that these meals work for weight loss as I am now down 49lbs since mid February. Thats 16st2lbs down to 12st9lbs as of yesterday and couldn't be happier. Keep those recipes coming 👍👍👍
Incredible 😎😎😎 congrats on your success and so happy you are enjoying the meals 👍
yeah I was 17 stone 5 lbs down to about 14 stone. Also started in mid february.
Blending the vegg w/ the cheese is a big brain move. Can't wait to try this.
Thanks for this. I recently had mechanical valve surgery and am doing great. But I'm now on warfarin and have to be mindful of my vitamin K intake. This recipe looks great because carrots and cauliflower are relatively low in vitamin K, broccoli, kale and spinach are not. This makes those veggies a real problem with meal prep as I should really only eat a couple of servings a week of those. It's weird that broccoli and spinach are now "bad" for me, but here we are. Thanks again.
Just made this. Absolutely incredible.
I do something similar with butternut squash. I love the vegetable combination here.
Your dah best so far I've had your deconstructed big mac bowls, adobo chicken and rice, taco bowls, salad, apple baked oatmeal, banana baked oatmeal, breakfast burritos, chicken fingers, and bean tacos. I also got an air fyer and zwilling vaccum sealer. Great work much love brotherz!
Probably the best salad recipe I have seen! I'm trying to start meal prepping and this one looks awesome!
Your channel is awesome. Nothing enrages me more than researching a recipe and have to listen or read some long-winded garbage about the history of pinto beans before I can get the information I actually want.
This looks just amazing, dude! I'm gonna try that. I'm glad that I've found your channel and I never have to be bored of the same food. Valeu, bicho!!!
I watched the short version of this without checking if a longer tutorial existed lol. So I went on sight alone and it still turned out great!
I came for the protein desserts/pastries. I stayed for the insane hidden veggie meal prep. And the humor. Incredible work dude.
Love how straight forward your video-style are!
I'm really glad your channel exist, I'm also don't really like to eat vegetables and your ideas about how to incorporate them in without ruining the quality of the the meal is really smart.
also the spatula in your mouth 4:54 🤣
Made this yesterday, though, I added broccoli (because I like it) and also a diced red bell pepper. Both of which were for flavor as well as additional veggie content. I also used boneless/skinless chicken thighs (trimmed) instead of breasts.
It was really good today for lunch and dinner.
How is the sauce?
@@scotthensley269 Mine was too watery because, well, I screwed up and added too much water. (I was exhausted that weekend and not paying close enough attention.)
But the flavor was definitely there, watering down notwithstanding. I haven't made it since for various reasons, but am tentatively planning on making it next weekend and getting it right this time.
I just went to the store today, got everything I needed to do this recipe! I’m in the process of cooking it! I’m doing protein pasta and almond milk as some substitutes but I’m very excited for this meal!
How'd it come out with almond milk?
@@imnotivan it wasn’t as creamy. I’m definitely going to do protein milk or something next time but it still came out good
@@KingSally Thank you for your comment. I was planning on doing the same thing. I think I'll try doing this with a cashew cream instead.
My girlfriend used nutritional yeast as well to make it more cheesy flavored.
Looks great! Going to try this with some plant-based cheeses--as I have a family history of Cancer and need to avoid the estrogen in dairy--thanks for posting
the salad bit just made my day. thank you
Thank you so much mate, I will be trying this out this week! It looks BOSS MODE!
I made this recipe and it is surprisingly damn good, I added some tumeric and paprika. I used broccoli instead. I think next time I'm going to double the cheese and use an actual blender. I just have a little bullet. I also cooked my chicken in a cast iron for more flavor
Finally made this and this is the most genius recipe I've ever seen. It tastes like theres way more cheese than there actually is, I think the color of the blended carrots does some trickery there. When I tasted the sauce it tasted strongly of cauliflower and I was worried, but then after it all baked together it didnt taste like that at all! Somehow when the pasta is in the mouth with it it neutralizes it.
I don't know how you turned mac and cheese into health food but everyone else is reaping the benefits now!
This is a common recipe for vegan mac n cheese. They use nutritional yeast, carrot, cauliflower or potato.
@@CyberMachinegood thing I found this one instead of the vegan one so i dont have to eat gross nutritional yeast!!
@@ThirdXavier How is it gross? I think you're just saying this without trying it. My mom is very much anti-vegan and loves it on popcorn
Just made this and it has awesome volume and most importantly, taste. Thankyou
this looks amazing, lots of good veg + extra protein YES! also love the presentation, speed, jokes, everything. :D
Thank you for what you do, I save your videos each time to do your recipes later!
I subbed in low fat cottage cheese for milk to up the protein. And subbed in red lentil protein pasta also to up the protein. I did 8 portions instead of 6 as it looked like a lot for me. Oh wow it’s so delish! I was short some cauliflower so I subbed in some mushrooms and sweet potatoes. I also added a T of nutritional yeast and a t of turmeric and paprika for color. I’m recommending this recipe and channel to all of my friends !
This looks good! I'm going to have to make this one day; it's rare I find a random UA-cam recipe that I might not have to change! The only thing in this recipe I don't like is cauliflower, but since it gets blended into the sauce I'm hoping I'll be able to deal with it and eat some extra veggies for once. Also a bonus that it's cheap to make! :D
thank you!!
Tried the recipe today... Was very good and the whole family including our kids ate the mac'n cheese. The stealth vegetables worked out well.
My changes:
I made it without chicken and much spices. Also I cooked the vegs.
Really like the cost breakdown at the start of the video - your content just keeps getting better and better, keep it up man!
Thank you 🙏
I will prepare this recipe likely today or tomorrow, if it is a bomb like you say, you deserve like and sub
Liked and subbed, this is amazing! I gotta keep making ton of these
You could shred the chicken instead of dicing/mincing it. The texture still won't perfectly match the boxed stuff, but I find I prefer the shreds to chunks.
I've also seen people make "healthy" mac n cheese by using greek yogurt. It adds a tanginess that some people like, but I've always found it doesn't reheat well
another option is to just swap the chicken for turkey mince...
Literally lazy all day. Watched this on stream, got up and bought everything, made it and had for dinner. Not super cheese but it was delicious. Little extra broil at the end to get some extra crisp on the top layer noodles and cheese. Will make again. (I’m not a big cook; this channel I will follow).
Love adding the veggies for nutrition and the carrots give the cheese sauce such great color!
I HATE cauliflower. But I trust you, so I’m trying this! Thank you for all your hard work coming up with new meal prep recipes.
I'm going to use the carrots and cauliflower method with nutritional yeast to make it vegan! Great idea!
There's a lot of vegetables I really adore (particularly broccoli -- blanched with salt, pepper, and lime juice? hell yes), but I still love what this recipe is able to achieve: it's a pasta dish but could fit macros for cutting, depending on how strict you are. That's nuts!
I am going to make this dish and use Chick Pea Noodles. Hopefully it tases as good as yours looks. Super excited to try that Vegetable Cheese Sauce, what a great idea.
did it come out good?
@@nile7999 Yes it turned out pretty good, I would recommend adding a little extra real cheese. We really like chickpeas and the chickpea noodles, but this dish would be better with regular noodles. So I would say you should try this recipie and follow the instructions in the video.
this meal is perfect, you can also cook your vegetables by steam, to keep a maximum of vitamins and minerals (about 10/12min for the carrots)
Best work ive ever seen i watch all your vids keep it up. Also unnecessarily funny lol. Thanks for the amazing recipes.
Just saw this on the MPM club, omg I am so excited to try this! So worth the yearly membership with all this information.
Thanks for your support 😎
American cheese really is a crazy colour, it looks great in this.. but why is it so vibrant
My kids are going to thank you!! We gotta win you over to those vegetables man. Meat for strength and veggies for health. Perhaps a blender of frozen oven roasted broccoli in the cheese sauce could work, but you'll know it is there!
A piece of advise for slicing chicken in half is to lay it on the flat side and cut from the thicker side of the chicken. It will make the thickness consistent.
I made a cheese sauce in the past with onions, sweet potatoes and regular potatoes but your method looks so much better
The carrots are what makes it work I think. They are sweet and blend well 👍
as someone who suffers from vegetables being a horrid sensory experience, these meals are changing my life
I am *FLOORED* by how smooth that cheese sauce looked! Quite a clever colour trick with the roasted carrots! Must try. Ever mix in mustard powder for a little zing?
I haven’t. I’m not sure I would like that myself
I recently started prepping and stumbled across your channel. Thanks for the great content!
Just made this - mate so good 👍🏻. The vegetables in the sauce makes mac and cheese alot better imo. Good work :)
So far I've tried the beef and Brussel sprouts meal for meals to take to work and I think this one will be next. Great tasting, doesn't weigh me down and keeps me full. You're doing great things with these recipes
i agree, ive tried several of his meals, they all taste great, i feel full but not weighed down. had to double the volume for me, but i have a physical labor type job! try the deconstructed big mac, that was my first and it was AWESOME!
I've made 8 portions of this, pretty simple recipe, easy to follow. (Don't have a food processor so I had to use my immersion blender. Not as smooth as Josh's but I didn't mind) I really like it, but the main flavor is cauliflower (which I love, but you might want to substitute it if you don't). Adding a bit of sriracha on top makes it pretty amazing :)
I always fall in and out of meal prep quickly because I always end up making bland garbage that I start to freeze warm.... This is amazing :)
This is on the menu for next week looks amazeballs
Sir Cortis. You post again. I cry tears of joy.
There’s no crying in UA-cam
Making it this weekend. Simple, easy, cheap, and looks tasty!
Your bit with the broccoli and bleach got me wheezing. Awesome recipe and 10/10 commentary.
Looks genius! I showed it to my husband and we are going to check it out.
easy, fast. Exactly what im looking for. THANKS!
Just found your channel. And all these recipes will make weekly life easier. And snack city is a brilliant idea. Especially once my newborn is gonna need snack city to beat out those processed Tyson or foster nuggets.
highly recommend adding in some buffalo sauce to the cheese sauce. makes it have a lot more flavor. the new primal / noble made medium buffalo sauce is my go to for low calorie.
I have never understood the broccoli-cheese combination in any circumstance. I finally found a home chef who agrees :D
Worthwhile dish the sauce was phenomenal