CHEROKEE GRILL MACARONI AND SPICY CHEESE WITH SPINACH
Cherokee Grill is our favorite restaurant in Gatlinburg, TN. If you're ever in the Smoky Mountains, check it out! Beautiful restaurant, great food. This is my favorite dish there; they posted it on their website. This recipe makes a LOT, so if you are making it for a small group or family, you might want to half it.
Provided by Barb Witherspoon
Categories Cheese
Time 35m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Thaw the frozen spinach in the refrigerator overnight.
- Squeeze as much excess water as possible out of spinach and set aside.
- Place the milk, garlic, and crushed red pepper in a saucepan.
- Bring to a simmer with low to medium heat.
- Saute the finely diced onion in 1 tbsp butter for about 5 minutes.
- Add the onion to the milk, then add the Dijon mustard, Tabasco, and beer.
- Continue to simmer, stirring often so the milk does not burn.
- Make a roux with 5 tbsp melter butter and 6 tbsp flour.
- Cook on low heat for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add to the milk mixture and mix well.
- Continue to simmer until the sauce thickens, then reduce heat.
- Add the cheese to the sauce (cut into small cubes so the cheese will melt faster.).
- Stir until the cheese is completely melted and blended into the sauce.
- Remove from heat.
- Cook the macaroni according to package directions.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the cooked macaroni, cheese sauce, and the spinach.
- Mix until blended.
- Transfer to a large casserole dish.
- Top with grated cheddar cheese.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or till hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 909.9, Fat 53, SaturatedFat 33.1, Cholesterol 162, Sodium 1321.2, Carbohydrate 64.6, Fiber 3.3, Sugar 4.5, Protein 43.7
SPICY MACARONI AND CHEESE
Provided by Sunny Anderson
Categories side-dish
Time 1h10m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, toss together the pasta with the cheese cubes and pour into the baking dish.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, dry mustard, nutmeg. Add the sour cream, egg, heavy cream, half-and-half and onions. Pour over the pasta and cover with the shredded Cheddar. Bake uncovered until the top is just beginning to brown, about 35 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut the bread into crouton-size squares. In a skillet over medium heat, melt the butter, add the bread cubes and toast until golden. Sprinkle the bread cubes on top of the macaroni and cheese and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes more.
MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH GREEK YOGURT AND SPINACH
An awesome take on macaroni and cheese! Fat-free Greek yogurt and low-fat cream cheese gives the sauce a very creamy and flavorful base--without all the fat found in heavy cream--and shredded cheeses add lots of intense flavor. Fresh spinach and salty prosciutto perfectly complement the dish!
Provided by Katie Mancuso
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta Macaroni and Cheese Recipes Baked Macaroni and Cheese Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Set an oven rack to the top position and preheat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking pan with aluminum foil. Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain macaroni, reserving 2 1/2 cups pasta water. Pour macaroni back into the pot.
- While the macaroni is cooking, place prosciutto on the prepared baking pan.
- Cook prosciutto on the top rack of the preheated oven until dry and crispy, but not burnt, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and chop roughly. Lower the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and lower the rack to the middle position.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk for 1 minute. Add garlic powder, cumin, red pepper flakes, and pepper; cook for 1 minute more. Whisk in Greek yogurt and cook until heated through and bubbling, 2 to 3 minutes. Whisk in 1 1/2 cups of the reserved pasta water; cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add cream cheese and stir until melted. Add a generous 1/4 cup each of Gruyere and Cheddar cheeses, stirring until thoroughly melted; repeat until all cheese had been added and sauce is thick. Stir in as much of the remaining pasta water as necessary to reach desired consistency.
- Stir spinach into the cooked macaroni. Add cheese sauce; stir until combined and macaroni is coated. Pour into the prepared baking pan and sprinkle prosciutto over top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are bubbling slightly, 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 353.3 calories, Carbohydrate 32.2 g, Cholesterol 49.6 mg, Fat 17.5 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 16.5 g, SaturatedFat 9.9 g, Sodium 241.4 mg, Sugar 2.6 g
SPINACH MACARONI AND CHEESE
Make and share this Spinach Macaroni and Cheese recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Lori Mama
Categories Macaroni And Cheese
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425.
- In medium sized pot, over medium heat, melt butter.
- Add the flour and cook for 3 minutes.
- Pour in the hot milk and cook until thickened.
- Add the spinach, cheese, seasonings, horseradish and mustard.
- Mix well.
- Combine with the cooked pasta.
- Place in a greased cassarole dish.
- Bake in oven for 15 minutes or until bubbling.
SPINACH MAC 'N' CHEESE
Your favourite comfort food revamped with fewer calories and more veggies. This vegetarian mac 'n' cheese with spinach and tomatoes is an easy meal for two
Provided by Sara Buenfeld
Categories Dinner, Main course, Pasta, Supper
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a medium non-stick pan. Add the leeks, stir well, then cover and cook for about 6 mins or until softened.
- Put the flour and mustard powder in a small bowl and gradually whisk in the milk. Pour into the pan with the leeks and stir with a wooden spoon until thickened. Continue stirring over a low heat while the pasta cooks. It will seem thick but will be diluted later.
- Drain the pasta, reserving the cooking water, then stir the paste into the sauce. Add the spinach and 1-11/2 ladlefuls of the water to make a spoonable sauce, then stir over the heat until the spinach has wilted. Stir in most of the cheese and taste for seasoning.
- Heat the grill. Tip the pasta mixture into a casserole dish, arrange the tomatoes over the top and scatter over the remaining cheese. Grill for 5-10 mins or until bubbling and golden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 482 calories, Fat 17 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 53 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 11 grams sugar, Fiber 10 grams fiber, Protein 23 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium
SPINACH-MACARONI & CHEESE BAKE
Got a picky eater you're trying to win over to the spinach fan club? Try this creamy macaroni and cheese casserole with garlic and fresh spinach.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Home
Time 1h
Yield 8 servings, 1 cup each
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Add spinach to large pan of boiling water; cook 1 to 2 min. or just until wilted. Drain in colander. Use same pan to cook macaroni as directed on package, omitting salt. Meanwhile, melt margarine in separate large pan on medium heat. Add garlic and flour; cook and stir 1 min. Whisk in milk; bring to boil, stirring constantly. Add 2-1/4 cups cheese; cook and stir until melted. Stir in pepper.
- Squeeze excess water from spinach; chop finely. Drain macaroni. Add to cheese sauce; stir until evenly coated. Spoon half the macaroni mixture into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; cover with spinach. Top with remaining macaroni mixture and shredded cheese.
- Bake 30 min. or until golden brown. Let stand 10 min. before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 430, Fat 21 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 50 mg, Sodium 400 mg, Carbohydrate 41 g, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 6 g, Protein 19 g
LIGHT MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH SPINACH
This updated recipe illustrates how you can lower the saturated fat, without sacrificing the rich, cheesy taste, in classic macaroni and cheese. A layer of spinach in the center adds flavor and nutritional value. From Cooking Club
Provided by TishT
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 55m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400F.
- Spray 8" square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In small bowl, whisk 1/4 cup of the milk and flour until smooth.
- In heavy medium saucepan, heat remaining 1 1/2 cups milk over medium heat until steaming.
- Add flour mixture; cook 2-3 minutes or until sauce boils and thickens, whisking constantly.
- Remove from heat; stir in cheddar cheese until melted.
- Stir in cottage cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Cook spinach according to package directions; drain.
- Rinse under cold running water; squeeze out excess moisture.
- Cook macaroni in large pot of boiling lightly salted water 4-5 minutes or until not quite tender, stirring often.
- (Macaroni will continue to cook while baking.) Drain; rinse with cold water.
- Drain again.
- In large bowl, stir together cheese sauce and macaroni.
- Spread half of the macaroni mixture in baking dish; spoon spinach over top.
- Spread remaining macaroni mixture over spinach layer; sprinkle with wheat germ.
- (Dish can be made to this point and refrigerated for 2 days or frozen for 2 months. Thaw in refrigerator before baking.) Bake 35-45 minutes or until bubbly and golden.
- TIP*If you can't find wheat germ, substitute an equal amount of Parmesan cheese, cracker crumbs or bread crumbs.
- VARIATION: To make Southwestern Macaroni and Cheese with Peppers, substitute 1 cup grated pepper Jack cheese for 1 cup of the cheddar cheese.
- Omit the nutmeg.
- Add 1 (4 1/2-oz.) can chopped mild green chiles, 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro and dash cayenne pepper to cheese sauce.
- Omit spinach.
- Instead, cook 2 cups thawed frozen pepper stir-fry vegetables in 1 teaspoon olive oil 3 to 4 minutes or until tender.
- Replace spinach with pepper mixture.
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