Kourtney Kardashian's mac and cheese cost me $39 to make, but the price was the least of its problems
- I tried following Kourtney Kardashian's organic and gluten-free mac and cheese recipe.
- Though ingredients were expensive they were standard and the recipe was easy to follow.
- The end result was very greasy and bland.
Known as the most health-savvy member of the Kardashian gang, Kourtney Kardashian certainly has an affinity for healthy fads and clean eating.
From reportedly starting her day with a water and vinegar mixture and her famous avocado pudding to reportedly fasting one day per week — Kourtney definitely does the most when it comes to being healthy. But apparently, even the self-proclaimed health-obsessed Kourt isn't immune to the lure of delicious mac and cheese. In fact, she has her own go-to recipe (don't worry, it's gluten-free, organic, and dairy-free) which of course, given my Kardashian and mac and cheese obsession, I had to try it.
The recipe used to be on her now-defunct app but since it's no longer available I followed her recipe that can be found on People.
Here's how my version of Kourtney Kardashian's macaroni and cheese turned out.
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The recipe was pretty simple.
One of the most notable things about the recipe is that the ingredients are all supposed to be organic and gluten-free.
Even though Kourtney said she uses non-dairy cheese substitutes when baking, the recipe says you can use regular or non-dairy cheese. Since I'm not a huge fan of non-dairy cheese substitutes, I stuck with dairy cheese instead.
I did have two qualms about the ingredients for this particular recipe. First, all of these organic ingredients are not readily available at all grocery stores so I ended up taking two trips to the grocery store. And secondly, I found that organic ingredients are a bit expensive. To make this dish I spent a whopping $39, which is not exactly what I'd like to spend to make a dish as simple as mac and cheese.
But aside from these small details, the ingredients were very familiar to me and quite standard, minus the gluten-free, organic requirements that I'm not used to.
The mac and cheese came together pretty well.
Although the flour clumped a bit when I added it to the sauce (it probably was my fault and not the recipe's), the cooking of the pasta and cheese sauce went off without a hitch.
I did notice a slight missing bit of information in the recipe.
The recipe itself was also pretty easy to follow except for one little detail — it never says when to add in the turkey bacon that's listed in the ingredients.
It's clearly meant to be included in the recipe — it's in the ingredient list and recipe name after all — but the recipe doesn't mention how to cook it or when to include it, whether that was a slight mishap on her part or an omission when the recipe was posted on People, I'm not sure.
Anyway, left to my own devices, I cooked the bacon according to package instructions and mixed it in a few minutes before the whole dish was done.
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