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Moses' Baked Mac and Cheese

A baked macaroni dish with a soy‑based cheese sauce made from tofu, nutritional yeast, and seasonings.

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Why it works: Garlic and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,053 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Moses' Baked Mac and Cheese

Oven350°F
Timeabout 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

  2. Boil water in a large pot for the pasta.

Make the sauce and assemble

  1. Blend all ingredients except the pasta in a food processor.

  2. Drain the cooked pasta and place it in the baking pan.

  3. Pour the cheese sauce over the pasta.

Bake

  1. Bake until the top of the pasta looks slightly browned and crispy, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

790Calories
22 gProtein
34 gFat
99 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Macaroninot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + tofutop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together604 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Tofu + mustardtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Sauce + mustardtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,120 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sauce + tofutop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together262 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Forms the bulk of the dish and provides the structure that the sauce coats.
Tofu
Adds body and creaminess to the blended sauce.
Nutritional yeast
Contributes a cheesy, savory flavor to the sauce.
Plain soymilk
Provides the liquid base that turns the blend into a pourable sauce.
Canola or vegetable oil
Adds fat for richness and smoothness in the sauce.

The step that matters

Blend all ingredients except the pasta in a food processor.. Tofu and oil must be fully emulsified into the soymilk so the sauce turns smooth rather than grainy or separated. Stopping early leaves lumps of tofu and an unstable, oily texture.

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, tofu, mustard):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Tarragonfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, tofu, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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