Skinnymixer’s Cheeseburger Macaroni features in the Family Favourites of the cookbook Dinners 4.

Inside The Healthy Mix Dinners 4 you’ll find Dinners is FULL with 36 Dinners. Whether you are feeding your family on a tight budget, needing to get dinner on the table fast, watching your calorie intake or perhaps cutting back on takeaway.

The Cheeseburger Macaroni is a cookbook exclusive recipe…

This Macaroni tastes EXACTLY like a cheeseburger

This Cheeseburger Macaroni is packed with hidden vegetables in and somehow it still tastes like a proper cheeseburger.

This is one of those dinners my teens actually get excited about… no complaints, no picking it apart, just clean plates.

And trust me, don’t skip the pickles and shallots on top. That’s what makes it.

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What ingredients you will need

500g beef mince
American mustard
butter or olive oil
ketchup or tomato sauce
cream of choice
Worcestershire sauce
pumpkin
zucchini
macaroni
Parmesan cheese
vintage Cheddar
white onion or shallots
pickles – You can use the Quick Pickled Vegetables or Dill Pickles
onion powder
garlic powder
cracked black pepper
salt
olive oil
smoked paprika
tomato paste
Chicken Stock Concentrate? We highly recommend making Niks Chicken Stock Concentrate for best results! Vegetable stock concentrate will work. You can also replace the water with liquid stock.

What you will need to make Cheeseburger Macaroni from Dinners 4

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You can find a delicious Dill Pickles recipe in our SkinnyAmerica cookbook

Tips & Dietary Needs

Protein swap – Feel free to change the mince to your choice of meat. Pulled chicken or strips of steak would be delicious stirred through.
No Chicken Stock Concentrate? We highly recommend making Niks Chicken Stock Concentrate for best results! Vegetable stock concentrate will work. You can also replace the water with liquid stock.
Don’t like pickles – Just leave them off when serving.
Boost the protein – stir through some blended cottage cheese with the grated cheese.
Dairy-free – Use dairy-free cheeses or add 3 Tbsp nutritional yeast, ½ tsp salt and 100 g or 3.5 oz raw cashews in Step 3.
Gluten-free – Cook pasta to specified time on the packet.
Low carb – Use compliant sauces. Replace pasta with 400 g or 14.1 oz cauliflower florets. Halve water.
Lower calorie – Use low-fat cream and cheese. Use Low Carb variation and lean mince. Use vegetable stock concentrate.
Paleo – Omit cheeses and halve water. Use compliant sauces. Add nutritional yeast, salt and raw cashews in Step 3. Replace pasta with cauliflower florets and cook until tender.
Go veggie – Replace mince with tinned brown lentils, drained and rinsed. You can also use plant mince or tempeh mince.
Low Fodmap – Omit garlic powder. Replace onion powder with dried chives. Use garlic infused olive oil, compliant stock concentrate, compliant sauces, gluten-free variation and lactose-free cheeses/dairy.

How to Cook

Grate cheeses.
Blitz vegetables.
Cook vegetables in sauce.
Brown mince with spices.
Blend sauce with cream.
Cook pasta.
Combine all together.

How to Serve

Toppings – Serve with pickles and onions, then drizzle with ketchup and mustard for the ultimate cheeseburger flavour.

Storage & Meal Prep

Fridge – Store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Freezer – This recipe freezes well.
Thawing from frozen: Let it sit in fridge overnight, then warm gently (or enjoy cold).
Make ahead – freeze cooked for up to three months.

From the Testing Team

Michelle R – Remade again tonight because this is soooo good! Swapped beef mince for tempeh mince
Nadine D – I made half a batch of the recipe tonight, I held off cooking this as I’m not a macaroni cheese person but this was sooo good.
Steven M – This was an absolute hit tonight with munchkin – he even went back for seconds! And a lot of ‘that’s delicious’ statements. And now a ‘super full stomach’
Lisa S – Delicious! My family loved this one and it worked perfectly with gluten free pasta by doing the ‘sauce only’ directions.
Krisha G – Made this last night! The kids loved it. I enjoyed it and truly believed i was eating a Cheeseburger. The softness of the pasta, the crunchy bits of some of the meat! It’s epic Nikalene!

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Want to know more about Dinners 4 cookbook?

All of our cookbooks have a strong focus on Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Nut-free, Egg Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Vegetarian and Low FODMAP.

All of our cookbooks are gluten-free friendly.

FAQs

Can I change the cheeses?
Sure, but the listed cheeses will make it taste most like a cheeseburger.

Can I use shop bought pickles instead of making them?
Yes, you can use whatever pickles you prefer.

Method Variations

For this recipe we have cooking methods for:

✔️ Thermo cooker
✔️ Conventional
✔️ Stove top

This recipe can be also:

✔️ Halved
✔️ Doubled

THMD4: Cheeseburger Macaroni