Three Cheese Mac & Cheese with Balsamic Greens

This is a new recipe Rach and I made up tonight.  It turned out to be a real winner and we can't wait to share it with our taste testers tomorrow at work.

You will need:

• A package of gluten free pasta (any shape will do)
• 2 cups of milk
• 1 cup asiago cheese, shredded
• 1 cup old cheddar, shredded
• 1 cup extra old cheddar, shredded
• Cornstarch
• Chili flakes
• Salt
• Pepper
• Margarine
• 2 cloves of crushed garlic
• Gluten-free bread crumbs
• Non-stick cooking spray
• Zesty cheese Doritos
• Salad greens or romaine
• Olive oil
• Balsamic vinegar

First, let's make the pasta.  Pre-heat the other to 350F.  Cook the gluten-free pasta as per normal.  You can buy gluten-free pasta in any health food store or at No Frills.  I use rice pasta, but you can use any gluten-free pasta you like. Once cooked, drain and mix in with the pasta sauce.

Sauce for the pasta:
Bring 1 3/4 cups of milk to a boil. In a separate bowl, mix 1/4 cup of cold milk, approx 3 tablespoons of corn starch, salt, pepper and chilli flakes to taste.  It is important you use cold milk here, otherwise the cornstarch will not thicken the mixture.  Mix into boiling milk mixture and stir until thickened - it shouldn't take long.  Turn down heat so milk mixture doesn't burn.  Add in cheese and stir until melted.  Mix into cooked pasta.

Put pasta and sauce mixture in a greased casserole dish.  Add topping.

Topping:
Melt about 3 tablespoons of margarine in a sauce pan.  Add garlic and salt, pepper and chilli flakes to taste.  Add in 1/2 cup of gluten-free bread crumbs.  I buy these at the health food sore or No Frills.  I use clean hands to spread evenly over pasta mixture.  Then I crush a cup to a cup and half of zesty cheese Doritos into crumbs and add them evenly on top.

Bake for 30 minutes with the lid on and about 15 to 20 minutes with the lid off.  When the crumbs turn golden brown and pasta is bubbling, it's done.

I serve with balsamic greens and garlic beans (Garlic Green Beans).

Balsamic greens:
Wash and cut up romaine or salad greens.  When greens are still slightly wet add salt and pepper to taste.  Because the greens are still damp, the salt and pepper will stick to the leaves.  Then drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar to taste.  That's all there is to it.  Easy!