Until I discovered these awesome l ow carb macaroni elbow noodles by the Great Low Carb Company! Well, I should say, pasta WAS the devil…. Then… it quickly becomes a bad, bad idea because we all know that pasta is the devil when you’re on a low carb diet. That is, until you kick carbs out of your life. Mac & Cheese ALWAYS sounds like a good idea. Just got over having a cold or the flu? The first thing I want to eat is Mac & Cheese. Been raining for 10 days straight (thanks Oregon weather)? Mac & Cheese will do the trick. Have a bad day? Mac and Cheese surely will fix it. Not just because of the nostalgia it brings about as I remember all those BLUE box blues (Kraft Mac) that I made regularly as a kid, but because it’s a the top of my comfort food list. It’s definitely my all time favorite food. Macaroni & Cheese has been a STAPLE in my diet through childhood, into college, during adulthood, and even now as it’s carried over into motherhood. Each serving (with elbow macaroni’s included) is 7 g net carbs per serving, and would be even lower if you substituted with cauliflower for the noodles.

This recipe uses real elbow macaroni (low carb ones!), but you can replace them with baked Cauliflower if you wish, and it will taste JUST as good. You no longer have to miss your childhood favorite food while on a low carb or ketogenic diet, because with THIS recipe you can now make a REAL LOW CARB MAC & CHEESE! You can whip up this creamy, cheesy, gooey, and heart-warming goodness in a snap (we’re talking under 15 minutes).

Alternative to mac and cheese noodles