Creamy Baked Macaroni And Cheese With Kale And Mushrooms Food

MUSHROOM MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• For the topping: Mix the panko, Parmesan, salt and pepper together in a small bowl. Set aside.
• For the pasta: In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the pasta for 10 minutes (it should still be firm as it will continue to cook in the sauce). Drain and set aside, reserving about 1 cup of the pasta-cooking water.
• While the pasta cooks, heat a 3 1/2-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil, mushrooms, thyme, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the shallots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and beginning to brown. Remove the cooked mushrooms to a plate and drizzle with the truffle oil.
• Preheat the broiler to high.
• Reduce the heat to medium under the Dutch oven. Add the butter and flour and mix with a wooden spoon to form a paste. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, for another minute. Slowly whisk in the milk. Bring this mixture to a simmer, whisking occasionally to prevent sticking on the bottom. Simmer for 5 minutes. Whisk in the gruyere, fontina and Parmesan and stir until fully incorporated.
• Add the pasta, reserved pasta water, cooked mushroom mixture, 3/4 teaspoon salt and the pepper to the cheese sauce and fold everything together. Top with the breadcrumb mixture and drizzle with the olive oil and truffle oil. Broil until the breadcrumbs are golden brown and the sauce is bubbling, about 8 minutes.
• Allow the mac and cheese to sit for 10 minutes before serving. Serve hot.

CREAMY BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Boil noodles until done.
• While noodles are cooking, grease a rectangular glass casserole dish.
• After noodles are drained and have cooled for a few minutes, put them in casserole dish and mix with beaten egg.
• Set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, melt butter on medium-low heat and add flour to make a paste.
• Add half and half and bring to a boil on medium-high heat.
• Reduce heat and add velveeta and cream cheese in small chunks.
• Stir and add seasonings (last four ingredients).
• After all the cheese is melted and the sauce has a medium thick consistency (you may need to play around with the half and half or milk to get the consistency you prefer), pour it over the noodles.
• Stir noodles with sauce until they are combined.
• Sprinkle parmesan over the top.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 30-45 minutes (I wait until it's a little browned).

CREAMY MUSHROOM MACARONI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In medium saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, milk, mushroom soup and processed cheese. Stir until cheese is melted and mixture is smooth. Stir in cooked pasta. Pour into 2 quart baking dish and bake 20 minutes or until top is golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes and serve.

CREAMY BAKED MACARONI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. In a large bowl, combine the soup, milk, chives, mustard and hot pepper sauce. Stir in macaroni and cheese. , Spoon into a greased shallow 2-qt. baking dish. Combine bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over the top. Bake, uncovered, until heated through and bubbly, 25-30 minutes.

DELICIOUS CREAMED KALE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir kale and shallot until kale is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir mushrooms, cream, Asiago cheese, garlic, salt, and black pepper into kale mixture. Reduce heat to low and simmer until cream has thickened and mushrooms are tender, about 10 minutes.

BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH KALE AND GREAT NORTHERN BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it.
• Cook the milk with the bay leaves in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. When small bubbles appear along the sides, about 5 minutes later, turn off the heat and let stand.
• In the salted water, cook the pasta al dente. Drain it, rinse it quickly to stop the cooking, and put it in a large bowl.
• Trim the stems from the kale. Bring a large pot of water to boil and add kale. Boil kale for one minute, remove, and set aside to cool. Squeeze excess water from kale and chop into edible pieces.
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter; when it is foamy, add the flour and cook, stirring, until the mixture browns, about 5 minutes. Remove the bay leaves from the milk and add about 1/4 cup of the milk to the hot flour mixture, stirring with a wire whisk all the while. As soon as the mixture becomes smooth, add a little more milk and continue to do so until all the milk is used up and the mixture is thick and smooth. Add the cheddar and stir.
• Pour the sauce over the noodles, toss in the Parmesan and kale, mix in the white beans, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Use the remaining 1 tablespoon butter to grease a 9 x 13-inch or similar-size baking pan and turn the pasta mixture into it. Top liberally with bread crumbs and bake until bubbling and the crumbs turn brown, about 15 minutes. Serve piping hot.

CREAMY BAKED MACARONI & CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta until ala-dente' (a little undone-- not soft).
• Drain& rinse the pasta in cold water to stop the cooking put aside.
• Cook the white sauce in a non-stick pan over med-low heat until mixture bubbles.
• In a greased 2 to 2 1/2 quart Baking dish alternate layers of pasta, 3/4th pound yellow cheese, and white sauce.
• Top with the other 1/4 pound of cheese.
• Prepare the Buttered Crumbs topping by Mixing the ½ cup of melted margarine and the 1 1/2 cup of bread crumbs.
• Spread the Buttered Crumbs topping evenly over the layered casserole.
• Sprinkle lightly with sweet paprika.
• Bake 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes until lightly browned and bubbly.

CREAMY MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large skillet cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, turning once. Drain bacon on paper towels; crumble. Reserve bacon drippings in skillet.
• Cook onion in reserved bacon drippings for 5 to 8 minutes or until onion is tender and golden brown. Set aside.
• Cook elbow macaroni according to package directions. Drain and place in a 1-1/2-quart casserole. Add the crumbled bacon, onions.
• Combine in a saucepan 1-1/2 cups of the mozzarella cheese, the blue cheese, half-and half, 2 Tbsp butter,and pepper. Cook over low-med heat stirring constantly until it is smooth sauce-like texture. Pour over macaroni, onions and bacon.
• Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Stir gently. Top with the remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake for 10 minutes more or until top of casserole is brown and bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes.

CREAMY BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE - NOT LOW FAT!

Steps:

• Boil noodles according to package.
• After noodles are drained and have cooled for a few minutes, put them in a big bowl and mix with beaten egg.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 9x13 pan.
• In a pan cook butter, salt, pepper, ground mustard and flour and stir until smooth.
• Remove from heat add milk, return to heat and bring to a boil.
• Boil 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and add cheeses, stir until melted.
• Pour over noodles that are in a bowl stir, pour into greased pan and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until top is golden brown and crusty!