Macaroni and Tofu Bake....Actually YUM!!

adrian and i collect cook books, at one stage we had more then 50!. we culled them down and now have less, we probably have 20 now. we dont use them enough and i complain about it. adrian also buys Good Taste Magazine every month from Woolworth's. i have now made a rule that we need to cook the recipes out of the magazine if he wants to buy it. so last night we decided to make Cauliflower and Bacon Macaroni Cheese. i changed it up a bit, by adding broccoli and using tofu "cream" cheese because adrian couldnt find normal cream cheese at woolies. it was very yum. so here is the recipe. 

Ingredients 

290g of pasta (we used macaroni)

1/4 cauliflower cut into small pieces

broccoli cut into small pieces

250g diced bacon.

1 brown onion

1tsp of crushed/minced garlic

250g cream cheese (we used tofu)

2 1/2 cups of milk

1 tbs of dijon mustard (i used american mustard)

150g of grated cheese 

2tbs fresh parsley 

1. in a large sauce pan of boiling salted water boil the pasta for 8-9 minutes or until al dente. steam the vegetables. saute the bacon and onions with the garlic.

2. in a blender combine the cream cheese, milk and mustard. add salt and pepper to taste.

3. in a large bowl combine all ingredients except for 1/3 of the cheese 

4. pour into a large oven dish and bake in a pre heated oven for 20 minutes on 220 degrees. then grill for 5 minutes of until cheese is browned.