Microwave Cheese & Pasta With Peas (For One Person)

Microwave Cheese & Pasta With Peas (For One Person)

Microwave Cheese & Pasta With Peas (For One Person)

Microwave Cheese & Pasta With Peas (For One Person)

Microwave Cheese & Pasta With Peas (For One Person)

1
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10m
Prep Time

8m
Cook Time

18m
Ready In

Recipe: #10235

July 31, 2013

Categories: Lunch, Main Dish, Snacks, Dairy, Cheese, Pasta, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Kid Pleaser, Kids Can Do It, Quick Meals, Small Batch Cooking, Weeknight Meals, Microwave, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch, Kosher Dairy more

recipe by:
Under15Cook

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recipe by:
Under15Cook

"This is easy for a kid to do (well an older kid) The texture is perfect, creamy and rich. For the cheese amount you should start with 3/4 cup of your favorite blend of cheese and you could add more after. If you want it cheesier then use 1 cup or more."

Original recipe yields 1 serving

Metric US

Ingredients

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Dry pasta (1/2 cup pasta, any kind is fine)
1/2 cup water (or more if you need it)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 cup milk (I use the whole milk)
1 tablespoon butter
3/4 to 1 cup reduced-fat cheese (you can use your favorite blend of cheese if you like I like cheddar)
1/2 cup green peas (frozen, thawed)

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (354.3 g)
Calories 442.6
Total Fat - 29.4 g
Saturated Fat - 18.3 g
Cholesterol - 84.7 mg
Sodium - 1370.8 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 16.3 g
Dietary Fiber - 3.8 g
Sugars - 7.6 g
Protein - 29.3 g
Calcium - 864.1 mg
Iron - 1.3 mg
Vitamin C - 29 mg
Thiamin - 0.3 mg

Step 1

In a medium microwave safe bowl combine pasta, water, salt and garlic. Microwave on high in 2 minute intervals, about 6 minutes in total time (if you run out of water before pasta is cooked add a few more tablespoons).

Step 2

Drain the water if there is any in the bowl.

Step 3

Stir in milk, butter, cheese and peas

Step 4

Microwave on high for 2-3 minutes (checking every minute if done)

Step 5

Once it is to the way your like just serve it!

Tips & Variations

No special items needed.

Tags : Lunch Main Dish Snacks

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Tis

I had some dried mozzarella tortellini in the pantry and decided to use it for this recipe. The cooking need a little longer because of the tortellini, but it turned out well. I used a little cheddar and some cheese spread together as the cheese, and this was wonderful. I made this for myself for lunch as was really surprised at how good this was. I love the peas added into this pasta, the flavour of the peas are complimented by the cheese and make perfect partner's. My hubby will love this as he loves the packet pasta in cheese sauce that you get from the supermarket, which takes longer than this to make in the microwave. So this will be what I use from now on. Thanks Under15Cook, I will be making this fantastic pasta quite often.