Me and my family can eat macaroni like champs. Sometimes we'll use it in a side dish and, other times, we'll add ingredients to make it a main meal.
If you want to keep your kids busy, have them glue some macaroni on card stock paper and you'll have plenty of fridge art.
Here's a recipe for The Best Macaroni, Cheese and Peas courtesy of Del Monte:
Ingredients
2 cups dry whole grain macaroni
3 Tbsps. butter, divided
2 Tbsps. all-purpose flour
½ tsp. dry mustard
¼ tsp. salt
⅛ tsp. pepper
1½ cups low fat milk
1 cup shredded low fat sharp Cheddar cheese, (4 oz.)
1 cup shredded low fat mozzarella cheese, (4 oz.)
1 can (15oz.) Del Monte® Sweet Peas, drained
2 Tbsps. seasoned fine dry bread crumbs
2 Tbsps. grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
Preheat oven to 425°F. Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. Cover and keep warm.
Meanwhile, for cheese sauce, melt 2 Tbsp. butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Stir in flour, mustard, salt and pepper. Add milk. Cook and stir 5 minutes or until thick and bubbly. Cook and stir 2 more minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
Add Cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, stirring until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth. Stir cheese sauce and peas into macaroni; heat through. Pour into a greased 2-qt. baking dish.
Combine breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and remaining 1 Tbsp. melted butter in a small bowl. Sprinkle over macaroni. Bake, uncovered, 20 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
2 comments:
My husband loves macaroni! Sounds like my grandson and I need to make some crafts with macaroni this summer!
I used to make macaroni and cheese surprise.I just mac & cheese then added corn,zucchini and sausage.My daughter loved it.Now I want mac & cheese for dinner. Lol! My daughter made me a macaroni necklace.Lots of fun things to do with it.
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