Who says you can't have macaroni and cheese on a carnivore diet?? In fact, this is a great, quick way to make ground beef a lot more interesting!
This is made just a like a traditional stove-top macaroni and cheese sauce recipe, except all of the thickness comes simply from the cheese (most macaroni and cheese sauces include flour), and there's no need for noodles- just your inexpensive, easy to cook, superfood- ground beef!
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound of ground beef
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar/jack cheese
- Salt
- Pepper (optional)
- Garlic powder (optional)
Instructions
- Cook your ground beef with a little butter or lard, salt, and pepper and garlic powder if you choose, and set aside.
- Melt the two tablespoons of butter on medium-low heat. I use the same pan as I cooked the ground beef in.
- Add the cream and stir to combine. If you are using the same pan that you cooked your ground beef in, make sure you have turned down the heat and let the pan cool off a bit so that the cream doesn't boil as soon as it hits the pan. If you choose to use pepper, add some at this step too.
- Add the shredded cheese and stir until melted and your sauce is thick and creamy. This should only take a minute or two.
- Combine the ground beef and cheese sauce and stir together.
That's it! This is a really quick, easy recipe that can be thrown together within about ten minutes for a quick meal or snack. The proportions do not need to be very exact, so I will make this without measuring out the ingredients sometimes too.
I'm sure many types of cheese would work well for this recipe. For a traditional macaroni and cheese taste, use cheddar or a combination of cheddar and jack cheeses. For the dish photographed here, I used a combination of traditional orange sharp and white cheddar.