Chickpea and Bacon Mac and Cheese

 Ingredients: 

• 1/3 lbs noodles,
• 1 1/2 cup shredded cheese
• 3 TBSP heavy cream
• 1 (15.5 oz) can chickpeas drained
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 8 stripes turkey bacon
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt.
• 3 TBSP butter, 3 TBSP flour
• 1/3 cup milk
• black pepper and salt to taste
• parsley (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Boil noodles in water according to packaging. 
3. Toss chickpeas, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and black pepper. Roast in oven at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
4. Fry turkey bacon in a pan over medium heat. cut bacon into small crumbles.
5. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat. 
6. Mix flour into butter and cook to remove raw flour flavor (about 2 minutes) to make a Roux.
7. Stir in Milk and Sour cream until incorporated
8. Slowly stir in cheese about 1/4 to 1/2 cup at a time ensuring that cheese is fully melted before adding additional cheese. 
9. mix roast chickpeas, noodles, and 1/2 of bacon together
10. pour cheese sauce over noodle mixture and mix
11. sprinkle with remaining bacon bake for 20 minutes at 375 degrees.
12. garnish with parsley and serve.