Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, squash mac n cheese. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This decadent, gooey mac and cheese is packed with flavor. No one will guess it's made with butternut squash and way healthier than you'd expect! I love mac and cheese but it can be so rich!
Squash Mac n Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Squash Mac n Cheese is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have squash mac n cheese using 11 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Squash Mac n Cheese:
- Take Macaroni noodles (or any type you want)
- Take 1 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Take 1 1/2 cup milk
- Get mushrooms (optional)
- Prepare to taste salt and pepper
- Get 3 whole squash
- Get mediums onion
- Get 4 Tbsp butter
- Get Ritz crackers
- Make ready 1 Tbsp flour
- Prepare parsley
I decided to make a lighter Butternut Squash Mac 'n Cheeze. But of course, I wasn't so sure if it would work. I figured there was a good chance I'd be eating bad mac 'n cheese for a week straight while Eric ate cereal for dinner. This vegan butternut squash mac and cheese is creamy and made on the stovetop.
Steps to make Squash Mac n Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 350Β° Fahrenheit.
- Boil water and add macaroni noodles
- Salt the water
- Cook until noodles are tender.
- Once noodles are done remove them from heat and drain.
- While noodles are cooking cut up your vegatables.
- Dice up your onions and mushrooms and slice your squash into 1/4 in thick slices.
- Heat up water and put the squash in. Cook until tender. You'll know it's ready when the center turns green.
- Remove squash from heat and drain
- While squash is cooking saute onions and mushrooms in butter until onions are translucent.
- In a pot heat the milk to very warm add salt and pepper.
- Once milk starts to bubble remove it from heat.
- Add cheese and stir until it melts .
- You can add as much cheese as you want. Im sure I add way more than 1 1/2 cups π.
- And flour to sauted onions and mushrooms
- And milk and cheese mixture to onions and mushrooms. Stir until the mixture thickens.
- Add squash to cheese mixture.
- Add macaroni noodles to casserole dish. Pour cheese mixture over noodles. Stir until well mixed.
- Crush up ritz crackers and pour a tablespoon of melted butter over crackers.
- Add some shredded cheese and parsley to crackers and sprinkle it over the mararoni.
- Bake macaroni for 20 minutes.
- ENJOY!
It's the perfect recipe for Fall that is easy to make and delicious! This healthy butternut squash mac and cheese has caramelized onions, crispy bacon, and fresh sweet apples. Drain and return to pan over low heat. Add butternut squash, chicken broth, evaporated milk, and cream cheese. The key to creamy, butternut squash mac and cheese is to cook the squash directly in the milk.
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