Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, squash mac n cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Whisk in stock, then combine with butternut squash until warmed through and smooth. Stir in cream or half-and-half and bring sauce to a bubble. A few weeks ago I posted this Cauliflower "Mac" and Cheese recipe that swapped out pasta for cauliflower.
Squash Mac n Cheese is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Squash Mac n Cheese is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have squash mac n cheese using 11 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Squash Mac n Cheese:
- Get Macaroni noodles (or any type you want)
- Take shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Get milk
- Get mushrooms (optional)
- Prepare salt and pepper
- Take whole squash
- Prepare mediums onion
- Get butter
- Prepare Ritz crackers
- Take flour
- Prepare parsley
Keep stirring until the sauce is nice and hot. Stir in the onions and then the macaroni. Taste and add more salt if needed. Let's make some butternut squash mac and cheese!
Steps to make Squash Mac n Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 350° 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 😉.
- 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!
Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Ingredients: To make this easy butternut squash macaroni and cheese recipe, you will need the following: Pasta: Whatever type (semolina, whole-wheat, gluten-free, etc.) and shape (shells, noodles, ziti, etc.) of pasta you prefer. Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente. Place squash in a large saucepan; add water to cover. Meanwhile, place yogurt, milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg in a blender. Drain squash and transfer to blender; cover and process until pureed.
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