Mac + Cheese for Metabolic Health and Blood Sugar Balance + Healthy Pumpkin Spice Cookies!

a comfort food classic made nutrient dense and blood sugar friendly

Mac and Cheese is one of those comfort foods that just about everyone loves. If you are here, I know you have committed to eating healthier. So skip the boxed mac and cheese because I will teach you to make the easiest, healthiest mac and cheese in the same amount of time it takes to make a boxed version.

I told my son that this is possibly the easiest, most nutrient-dense recipe he could master before heading off to college. He has three years to master a handful of recipes and loves to cook, so I know he won't starve. I feel like my main job as a mom is to ensure my kids leave home self-sufficient. So that includes cooking, laundry, basic fix-it skills, and some basic car stuff, plus what my husband calls RULE #1 (if you are reading this, kids, you know what I mean!) I think that is a story I will share another time.

Now, for that mac and cheese magic! Start by boiling some pasta in a pot- NOPE! That would be a traditional recipe and this is anything but traditional. No boiling water and no making a roux. If you are confused, keep reading! I love being able to include video clips in this style of newsletter to share exactly how to re-create these recipes at home.

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As with all of my recipes, this mac and cheese is gluten-free, grain-free, low-carb, and blood-sugar-friendly.

Your bonus recipe today is the most tender and tasty Pumpkin Spice Cookies. I know it isn’t truly Fall for a couple of weeks but I wore a sweater and jeans for the first time yesterday in chilly Northern California, so I thought it appropriate to share a Fall-ish cookie too! You will recognize the glaze on these cookies from my Apple Spice and Zucchini Muffins from a couple of weeks ago. That cinnamon glaze is too good not to use on a cookie, so that is really how this Pumpkin Spice Cookie was born, as a vehicle for more cinnamon glaze!