Mac And Cheese With Ham Broccoli Food

MAC AND CHEESE WITH HAM & BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° if you are baking the pasta.
• Break the broccoli florets into very small pieces, no bigger than 3/4 inch each. Shred the blocks of cheese and set aside.
• Cook the 8 ounces (half box) pasta 1 minute shy of al dente, according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, in a deep skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the broccoli florets and sauté for 4 minutes. Sprinkle the flour, ground mustard, garlic powder and salt over the broccoli and mix with the broccoli for 2 minutes.
• Very slowly, start gradually adding in the cream, stirring continuously. Continue doing this until all of the cream is incorporated. Then start stirring in the milk very gradually until it is all incorporated in the broccoli cream sauce. (Only use 1 1/2 cups milk if you aren't baking the pasta with breadcrumbs.)
• Add the ham to the cream sauce and slowly start mixing in the grated cheddar and gouda cheese, until you have a silky smooth cheese sauce.
• When the pasta is done cooking, immediately drain it and drizzle with olive oil. Mix the pasta with the olive oil so it is well coated. Fold the pasta into the cheese sauce until everything is well combined.
• At this point you can serve the mac and cheese as a saucy pasta topped with Parmesan, or you can continue with baking the pasta with breadcrumbs.
• OPTIONAL - Pour the mac and cheese into a 9x13 sprayed baking dish. Sprinkle the top with the shredded Parmesan.
• Add 2 tablespoons butter to a small bowl and cook in the microwave for 30-60 seconds until melted. Stir the breadcrumbs into the butter until they are well coated. Sprinkle the buttered breadcrumbs over the top of the mac and cheese in the casserole. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.

BROCCOLI-HAM MACARONI

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions. Meanwhile, place 1 in. of water in a large saucepan; add broccoli. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender., In another saucepan, saute the onion, ham and red pepper in 1 tablespoon butter until vegetables are crisp-tender. Sprinkle with flour; stir until blended. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Stir in the cheese, parsley, mustard and seasonings until blended. Drain broccoli and macaroni; stir into cheese sauce. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish (dish will be full)., Combine bread crumbs and butter. Sprinkle over top. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH HAM

Steps:

• Heat a large pot of salted water to a boil, drop in pasta. Cook pasta to just shy of al dente.
• Heat sauce pot with butter over medium heat, whisk in flour and cook for 1 minute, whisk in stock then milk, allow the sauce to thicken, and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir in cheeses in a figure eight motion. Stir in Dijon and ham and remove the sauce from heat. Drain pasta and combine with sauce.

HAM & BROCCOLI MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cook macaroni in large saucepan as directed on package, omitting salt and adding broccoli to the boiling water for the last 4 min.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in medium saucepan on medium heat. Add flour; cook and stir 1 min. or until bubbly. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 3 to 5 min. or until thickened. Add 1 cup cheddar and Parmesan; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until cheddar is melted.
• Drain macaroni mixture. Add to sauce in skillet along with the ham; mix well. Spoon into 1-1/2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with remaining cheddar.
• Bake 20 min. or until heated through.

ONE-POT BROCCOLI MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• In a large pot or skillet, combine the macaroni, broccoli, milk, salt and garlic powder. Add 3 cups of water, and stir to combine. (The pasta may not be fully submerged. That's OK!) Bring to an active simmer over medium-high. Reduce the heat to medium to gently simmer. Cook, stirring often to ensure even cooking and to keep things from sticking to the bottom of the pot, until the pasta is tender, and the liquid resembles heavy cream and coats the noodles, 8 to 12 minutes. If the liquid evaporates so much that you don't see any between noodles, add 1/2 cup water. Adjust the heat as needed to maintain a gentle simmer.
• Remove from heat and stir in the Cheddar. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Eat!

CHEESY HAM & BROCCOLI PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the pasta following pack instructions, adding the broccoli florets to the pan for the final 4 mins. Drain and set aside.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion for 5 mins to soften, then stir in the garlic and cook for 1 min more. Stir in the ham, cream and mustard, then bring to the boil. Add the pasta and broccoli, then stir in the cheese, coating everything in the sauce.

HAM, BROCCOLI, MAC 'N CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to directions on pasta box.
• Drain, but do not rinse.
• In same pan that you cooked the pasta in, add margarine and onion.
• Cook until onion is slightly softened, add flour and stir until well combined.
• Add milk a little at a time, until slightly thickened, you might not need all the milk.
• Then add dry mustard,cayenne pepper, salt and pepper.
• Remove from heat.
• Add up to 1 1/2 cups of cheese, and stir until melted.
• Add pasta back to cheese mixture, stir until well combined.
• Then stir in broccoli and diced ham.
• Place into a greased 2 quart baking dish.
• Sprinkle top with remaining cheese, and bake in a pre heated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes.