Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, lightly loaded baked mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Lightly Loaded Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Lightly Loaded Baked Mac & Cheese is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lightly loaded baked mac & cheese using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Lightly Loaded Baked Mac & Cheese:
- Make ready 2 1/2 cup Penne past
- Get 2 1/2 cup Elbow Macaroni
- Take 1/2 cup Yellow Onion
- Get 1/2 cup Diced Tomatoes (no seeds)
- Get 1/4 cup Green Onion
- Make ready 1/2 cup Milk
- Get 1/2 cup Earthbalance Butter Spread (or any butter)
- Make ready 1 tsp Each Salt & Pepper
- Take 1/2 tbsp Each Garlic & Onion Powder
- Prepare 3 tbsp Grated Romano Cheese
- Make ready 1 Sharp White Cheddar block cheese, shredded. (I think block cheese has more flavor than the prepackaged shredded cheese but you can use that instead)
- Get 3 clove Garlic, chopped
- Make ready 3 each Laughing Cow Garlic and Herb Cheese Wedge (or any flavor you prefer)
- Get 1/2 packages Frozen Meatless Crumbles (or any ground meat)
This recipe is dangerously easy to make and is topped off with a buttery, crisp toasted panko topping! This post may contain affiliate links. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
Instructions to make Lightly Loaded Baked Mac & Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Boil water in pot to cook pastas and then cook pastas until they are half cooked
- Strain pastas and set aside
- In pot heat milk, half of the butter, and the cheese wedges and whisk until blended. Then add seasonings and stir until blended
- Use remaining butter to grease a baking pan. You can use a square pan or I used a bread pan
- Add a layer of pasta, diced veggies and garlic, meatless crumbles and sprinkle romano cheese and cheddar along layer
- Pour milk mixture over pasta after one or two layers. Then add remaining ingredients until gone.
- Bake covered for 25-35 minutes
- Remove, sprinkle with parsely (flakes or fresh) and red pepper flakes and enjoy. Pairs great with sauted veggies. I used baby carrots, zuchinni, baby radishes and garlic in olive oil.
- Tip: if using meat instead of precooked meatless crumbles make sure you brown meat prior to adding it in before baking.
- Also, I like the look of two different pastas but you can use either or. You can also use many different types of veggies.
Top the pasta with the crushed potato chips. Baked mac and cheese is one of our favorite comfort foods ever! Macaroni is tossed in a cheesy sauce, topped with a crumb mixture, then baked Cheese: Sharp cheddar gives this baked mac and cheese tons of flavor. The addition of gruyere to the cheese sauce in this recipe is next level but of. ADD YOUR REVIEW. "I love how my Grandmother Howard's mac and cheese has a crunchy, cheesy crust over a creamy center." Sprinkle over pasta mixture.
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