Dress Up Vegetables With This Simple Cheese Sauce

Serving cheese sauce with vegetables gives an ordinary vegetable a lift and a wonderful new taste and, it may even help you to get your family to eat some of those green good-for-you foods. I know that in my family growing up, not one of my three brothers liked anything green. Vegetables sometimes are an acquired taste that can take years and adding a sauce may just help that along. Generally, a cheese sauce is made by making a white sauce and adding cheese to it. This sauce takes minutes compared to the from-scratch version of a white sauce.

I adapted this recipe from a recipe I found in Family Circle Magazine many years ago that was way too high in fat and very weak in flavor for our taste. This recipe goes very well with steamed broccoli, asparagus and Brussels Sprouts. The  casserole pictured with the broccoli is Chicken and Green Bean Bake posted on 4/9/2013. I haven't posted the yam casserole yet; it's on it's way. Blessings...

Recipe:

1/2 cup light mayonnaise
1/2 cup fat-free half-and-half or milk
1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, packed measuring cup
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper or to taste

Whisk together all ingredients in a small saucepan over low heat until cheese is melted and smooth.

Yield: 1 cup
Note: Recipe can easily be cut in half.

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