Light Mac amp; Cheese

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb macaroni or other small pasta
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups onions chopped
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 1/2 lb sliced mushrooms
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon caraway seed
• 1/2 lb spinach chopped
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1 teaspoon dried dill
• 2 cups cheddar cheese grated
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F Grease a 9X13 pan and set aside
• Cook the pasta in a large pot Drain and set aside
• Melt butter in a deep skillet
• and saute onions for 5 minutes Add garlic
• mushrooms
• salt and caraway seeds Cook for about 5 minutes
• or until mushrooms are cooked Stir in spinach
• remove from heat
• and add to pasta
• Mix in cottage cheese
• buttermilk
• dill
• black pepper and half the cheddar Spread in prepared pan
• sprinkle with remaining cheddar and sunflower seeds
• and bake uncovered for 20-30 minutes
• I served this hot
• but its pretty tasty at room temperature for lunch the next day
• too