Easy homemade mac and cheese

#methods/one-pot #meals/lunch #dishes/carb
Babish
Servings: 1

Ingredients

• 4oz protein pasta
• 1/3 cup pasta water
• 10g protein powder
• 40g shredded cheddar cheese
• 2g corn starch, if cheese does not have starch coating already

Instructions

1. Boil pasta until cooked. Drain, reserving some pasta water.
2. Add sauce ingredients to hot pan and stir until combined. Use as much of the pasta water as you need/want. (I am sometimes lazy and do this in the serving bowl instead, but it doesn't properly mix until you put the hot pasta in too).
3. Add pasta to saucepan and mix. Serve!

Journal

• 2025-09-28: made a serving for lunch with 4oz pasta, water and protein powder, and 3oz cheese. Definitely too much cheese - would try 2/3 of the amount next time.
• 2025-09-29: made a small serving with 2oz Banza pasta, 1oz cheese, and 5g protein powder.
• 2025-09-30: used 4oz pasta, 1.5oz cheese (40g), and 10g protein powder. Turned out well, so I think I'll update the official recipe to this.