Dinner was not a Winner!

Ok, dinner was not a winner. The "Cheeseburger Mac Attack" on page 308 of the Hungry Girl cookbook did not taste anything like a cheeseburger or Mac n Cheese! Usually I am pretty good at picking out recipes. If it does not taste like it came from a restaurant I don't like it. I am willing to take the time to make more difficult recipes as long as the end result is great! This was a very easy recipe, but normally crock-pot recipes are. I screwed up the recipe because it called for frozen cauliflower with cheese. 

I bought broccoli and cheese instead. That was a major mistake because normally if you cook cauliflower and then whip it, it can have a subtle taste like mashed potatoes. I discovered this by accident when I was making my daughter's baby food. She did not like the cauliflower and I tried it to see what the problem was. I was so surprised that the taste was remarkable the same as mashed potatoes but a lot healthier.The broccoli over powered the rest of the food, plus it made the house smell bad too.

Other than the cauliflower  with cheese, the recipe called for ground turkey, macaroni noodles, ketchup, onion powder and light Laughing Cow Swiss cheese. When I was preparing the meal I thought that it was odd that there were no liquids in the recipe. After seven hours on low, the meal was done. It was very dry and my husband said that it looked like stuffing that you serve with a turkey. The noodles and turkey just all blended together and looked very bland. If it had not been for the broccoli the dish would have been a dull yellow color. 

I was disappointed with this recipe because I've made others in the past from this book and they have been really good. Regardless of the fact that I used broccoli instead of cauliflower the dish still would have been bland, dry, and dull in color. Again as I've stated in my blog previously, fresh ingredients is the key to low fat meals. I should have read the ingredients better before making this. It was definitely lacking in flavor, unfortunately I was left after the meal feeling hungry :(

Tomorrow I'll try another Hungry Girl recipe. If anyone has any low-fat and low-cholesterol recipes that they would like me to try, send them and I'll tell you what I think of it!

Recipe serves 8 for 179 calories per serving