Avocado Mac 'n' Cheese

This avocado macaroni and cheese dish takes packaged pasta and cheese and turns it into a budget-friendly dinner featuring cooked luncheon meat, avocado, tomato, onion, and cream.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 445 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1 Avocado, diced
• 1 tablespoon butter, or more to taste
• ⅓ onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream, or more to taste
• ½ (12 ounce) can fully cooked luncheon meat (such as SPAM®), diced
• 6 ounces macaroni and Parmesan cheese mix

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat vegetable oil over medium heat in a frying pan. Stir in onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add cooked luncheon meat; cook until crispy and browned, about 5 minutes more.

Step 2

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and keep warm.

Step 3

Stir in butter, cream, and Parmesan cheese packet included with pasta box into the pasta until cheese dissolves. Mix in meat and onion. Stir in diced avocado and tomato. Serve.