This isn’t really one of those crock pot recipes you can leave over the course of the day when you go to work. It’s one of those recipes that need to be made on the weekend. It only takes 2 hours to 3 hours to cook in the crockpot.
This is a Paula Deen recipe that was originally 821 calories per serving and 14 smart points per serving. If you replace the butter with light butter, use 1% milk, and fat-free cheddar cheese the points will be much lower. Rozoni has smart taste elbow macaroni that is full of whole grains and fiber. Now the calorie count is somewhere around 400. Can you believe that? Well, believe me, and it still tastes good. It’s rich and creamy too. Almost reminds me of those Velveeta box recipes that you make from the store.
Ingredients from Paula Deen
Paula Deen’s Crockpot Mac and Cheese
- Yield: 8 1x
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- 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 1/2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 3 eggs (optional)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cheddar cheese soup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Boil the macaroni in water for six minutes. Drain.
- In a medium saucepan, mix butter and cheese. Stir until the cheese melts.
- In slow cooker, combine cheese mixture and add the eggs (I omitted the eggs), sour cream, soup, salt, milk, mustard and pepper. Add the drained macaroni and stir again.
- Cook on low for 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Notes
You can make this more WW friendly by subbing in all lighter ingredients such as low-fat cheese and fat-free sour cream.
Freestyle SmartPoints: 14
I used the regular recipe listed to figure out Points
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 270
- Fat: 13
- Carbohydrates: 27
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 14
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with WW in any way. I am just a member who creates recipes based on their points system. This recipe is based on WW Freestyle program, and SmartPoints are the value system the company bases their foods on. Some recipes will have older points system values listed in them.
Jenna says
I don’t think that using Wal-Mart’s cream cheese would be an issue.
Lynn Bloom says
I was so excited to make this recipe. But the cheese was like small soft granules. The only thing I can think of is that I used great value cheese instead of a name brand.
Could that be the issue? And what brand cheese do you like to use?
Thank you.
Lisa Scott says
I made this several times now and its so delicious! So good . i actually used nacho cheese soup the first time because the store was out of regular cheese soup and it was amazing! Had an extra kick to it. Regular cheese soup was ok but i liked the nacho cheese soup better. This is my go to mac & cheese recipe
★★★★★
Quinn says
Unless I did something wrong. I had a problem with melting the cheese with the butter. If I where to make it again I would melt only the butter then add the shredded cheese in the Crock-Pot and then let the cheese melt there.
★★★
Barb says
Can one freeze this recipe ?