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Macaroni Cheese
Classic and Creamy with a change
I love mac and cheese especially when I began to make my own white cheese sauce I never looked back and began to find variations besides a basic mac and cheese. The first variation came from seeing a chicken, mushroom and sweetcorn pie and tv and I thought that could work without the chicken in the pasta instead of in a pie.
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Ingredients:
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500g Macaroni Pasta
150g Mushrooms, sliced
1 can of Sweetcorn
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp black pepper
Salt to taste
Pre-made White Cheese Sauce
Method:
1 )Make the white cheese sauce.
2) Boil the pasta and in the meantime cook the mushroom season with salt and a teaspoon of black pepper and cumin powder. When nearly cooked through add in the sweetcorn, stir and its ready.
3) Once pasta is boiled, place the white cheese sauce on a slow heat and add the pasta in the sauce along with mushroom and sweetcorn. Combine and serve.
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Green Mac and Cheese
Greens are good for you!
The next variation came from me having deficiencies in some vitamins and been told to eat more greens so I love spinach and broccoli and thought this combination would work well and tasty just as great.
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Ingredients:
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500g macaroni pasta
1kg bag baby spinach
1 broccoli, chopped
½ tsp nutmeg
1 clove of garlic
Pre-made white cheese sauce
Salt and pepper
Method:
1)Make the white cheese sauce.
2) Boil the pasta and broccoli in the same pan and in the meantime cook the spinach. Wilt the spinach down in a little oil and add grated garlic, nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste. Cook on medium heat until wilted and its ready.
3) Once pasta and broccoli is boiled, place the white cheese sauce on a slow heat and added in the pasta and broccoli, stir through and serve.
All these recipes can be altered to the veggie used or made plain and simple, and can be topped with breadcrumbs and cheese and baked.
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