Baked vegetables with white sauce

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: soy milk

Almond milk is lower in calories, while soy milk is often less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier, while margarine is often cheaper.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is a low-calorie alternative, while pecorino is often less expensive.

Heat butter in a pan on medium heat, add flour, stir and cook well ensuring the colour doesn’t change a lot.

Add the milk slowly and gradually and keep whisking to avoid lumps.

Add salt & pepper, nutmeg powder and grate processed cheese, mix well and cook further for 2-3 minutes, making sure the sauce is silky smooth without any lumps.

Set a wok on medium high heat, add olive oil, add the veggies, salt & pepper, oregano and chilli flakes. Sauté for 2-3 minutes, add the freshly prepared white sauce, mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Pour the veggies with white sauce in a baking dish and grate some processed cheese over it.

Preheat the oven for 10 mins and bake it at 180°C for 10-12 minutes.

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