Hi all,
Tuesday run quite a bit busy for me. So decided to go for the same old Mac and Cheese combination. But if you
are a healthy freak mom like me thinking that that's not nutrition in that store bought mac and cheese box this is something worth while. When its done outcome ..it looks exactly..trust me ..exactly like the regular mac and cheese but with almost no cheese. Here's how it goes :
Start with the 1 cup of macaroni pasta or any short pasta.
1 and 1/2 cup of butternut squash chopped into small cubes.
1/3 cup of whole milk
salt and pepper to taste
for the final touches 2-3 tablespoon of your choice of cheese.
Method :
Boil butternut squash cubes into a pot of boiling water with some salt just for the taste. It takes about 4-5 minutes to cook it thoroughly. In the same manner cook the paste of your choice according to the package directions.
Now in the mean time your squash might have cooled down enough for you to handle . So go ahead and drain it and blend it in a food processor or even just mash it with a fork to get the pureed consistency. Mix the milk to make it creamier.
Now add your pasta to this mixture and add milk if squash looks to thick to handle.
At this point you can turn the broiler in your oven to preheat and when your oven is ready go ahead and sprinkle your cheese as a garnish and put it in the oven until the top browns.
Your kids will ask you seconds and you will never have the guilt of feeding them cheesy food.
I would really like to hear from you, if you had sneaked in any veggies for your kids in any of your favorites to make it theirs and have turned out like they just loved it. Do let me know. Enjoy the rest of the sunny day and will see ya all tomorrow.
Something you might like :
http://www.macaronicheeserecipes.com/
.
Tuesday run quite a bit busy for me. So decided to go for the same old Mac and Cheese combination. But if you
are a healthy freak mom like me thinking that that's not nutrition in that store bought mac and cheese box this is something worth while. When its done outcome ..it looks exactly..trust me ..exactly like the regular mac and cheese but with almost no cheese. Here's how it goes :
Start with the 1 cup of macaroni pasta or any short pasta.
1 and 1/2 cup of butternut squash chopped into small cubes.
1/3 cup of whole milk
salt and pepper to taste
for the final touches 2-3 tablespoon of your choice of cheese.
Method :
Boil butternut squash cubes into a pot of boiling water with some salt just for the taste. It takes about 4-5 minutes to cook it thoroughly. In the same manner cook the paste of your choice according to the package directions.
Now in the mean time your squash might have cooled down enough for you to handle . So go ahead and drain it and blend it in a food processor or even just mash it with a fork to get the pureed consistency. Mix the milk to make it creamier.
Now add your pasta to this mixture and add milk if squash looks to thick to handle.
At this point you can turn the broiler in your oven to preheat and when your oven is ready go ahead and sprinkle your cheese as a garnish and put it in the oven until the top browns.
Your kids will ask you seconds and you will never have the guilt of feeding them cheesy food.
I would really like to hear from you, if you had sneaked in any veggies for your kids in any of your favorites to make it theirs and have turned out like they just loved it. Do let me know. Enjoy the rest of the sunny day and will see ya all tomorrow.
Something you might like :
http://www.macaronicheeserecipes.com/
.
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