{"id":146844,"date":"2017-03-23T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T04:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=146844"},"modified":"2017-03-23T08:01:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T06:01:15","slug":"thirty-minute-meals-cauliflower-mac-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2017\/03\/23\/thirty-minute-meals-cauliflower-mac-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-minute meals: cauliflower mac and cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a great way to hide vegetables in a dish so the kids don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p><b>You will need:<\/b><br \/>\n* One and a half cups elbow macaroni.<br \/>\n* Half a cup cauliflower florets.<br \/>\n* Cooking spray.<br \/>\n* One tablespoon olive oil.<br \/>\n* One tablespoon all-purpose flour.<br \/>\n* Half a cup milk.<br \/>\n* One and a half cups grated Cheddar cheese.<br \/>\n* Half a tub cream cheese.<br \/>\n* Half a teaspoon salt.<br \/>\n* Ground black pepper.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><b>What to do:<\/b><br \/>\nBring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, eight minutes. Drain.<br \/>\nPlace a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add cauliflower, cover, and steam until tender, five to six minutes. Place cauliflower in a blender or food processor; blend until smooth.<br \/>\nCoat a large saucepan with non-stick cooking spray; place over medium heat. Add oil and flour; cook, stirring constantly, until a thick paste forms, one to two minutes. Add milk; cook and stir until mixture thickens, three to four minutes.<br \/>\nMix cauliflower, Cheddar cheese, cream cheese, salt, and pepper into milk mixture; stir until sauce is smooth. Fold macaroni into sauce.<br \/>\n* Information obtained from www.allrecipes.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='7ad2cbc1443489b9d33aaa1275d65a61'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homemade mac and cheese with cauliflower is a quick and easy dinner to prepare for weeknights that the whole family will love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":146845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[7794,8349,1083,13944,1165],"class_list":["post-146844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-30-minute-meals","tag-cauliflower","tag-food","tag-mac-and-cheese","tag-recipes"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["30-minute meals","cauliflower","food","mac and cheese","Recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}