Easiest Way to Prepare Appetizing Green Mac and Cheese

Green Mac and Cheese. Green Mac 'n' Cheese. featured in Spinach Pasta Vs. Topped with flaked almonds for crunch and oozy Cheddar. Leek, broccoli & spinach, toasted almond topping.

Here's my new favorite recipe for putting to good use garden or market green chiles—a green chile mac and cheese casserole, with corn. This mac and cheese is not only super creamy and cheesy, it's packed with nutritious veggies like spinach, broccoli and sweet peas which only add to the heavenly nature of this traditional, kid friendly recipe. I made this recipe after seeing a spicy mac and cheese on TV. You can have Green Mac and Cheese using 23 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Green Mac and Cheese

1. Prepare of Macaroni.
2. You need 280 grams of macaroni.
3. You need 1.5 litre of water.
4. You need 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
6. You need of Green Paste.
7. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic.
8. Prepare 1 sprig of rosemary (2 if you fancy).
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of butter.
10. It's 60 grams of spinach (or any kinds of greens you have in your fridge).
11. Prepare 30 grams of parsley.
12. Prepare of Cheese Sauce.
13. Prepare 50 grams of butter.
14. Prepare 800 grams of half-and-half.
15. You need 64 grams of all purpose flour.
16. You need 1 tbsp of salt.
17. You need 1 tsp of dried basil.
18. It's 1 tsp of pepper.
19. Prepare 255 grams of quick-melted cheese (I use soft cheddar).
20. You need of Topping (optional).
21. You need of Butter.
22. You need of Cheese.
23. You need of Cream.

There was no recipe, so I just made one up. While it didn't seem very spicy to me, it came out delightfully creamy and gooey with just a hint of a kick. We figured out a way to eat your greens while eating macaroni and cheese. MUNCHIES Culinary Director, Farideh Sadeghin, shows us how to make this.

Green Mac and Cheese step by step

1. Prepare all ingredients.
2. Cook the macaroni in simmering water with vegetable oil and salt until al dente (you can chew it but not 100% cooked so you won’t have overcooked macaroni on your plate later). Strain the macaroni.
3. Throw all of your green paste ingredients into food processor.
4. Make sure you have a smooth looking paste. Do not worry over the smell. It’ll taste good I promise.
5. Melt the butter on a pan to start working on the cheese sauce.
6. Pour in the half-and-half and add add the flour before the mixture start to simmer. Your mixture will start to thicken so mix it well with a whisker.
7. Add 4 tablespoonful of the green paste and mix well. Add salt, pepper, and basil. Don’t forget to taste.
8. Add the macaroni and then gently fold it in.
9. I cut my cheese into boxes (just because I hate washing cheese shredder) then add them to the pan. Fold them in gently.
10. There you have it! Your green mac and cheese. I love to add a pice of butter to my plate of pasta for some extra richness.
11. Feel free to add some cheese or both cheese and cream over your mac and cheese in a butter-lined baking dish and continue cooking it in 180 degrees Celcius oven for 10 minutes.

Leeks, broccolini and spinach add color and nutrition to this cheesy pasta, which gets a dose of crunch from a toasted almond topping. This mac and cheese recipe from Jamie Oliver's latest cookbook is full of greenery—like spinach, leek, and broccolini. "Swap spinach out for any kind of exciting fresh or frozen greens, discarding any tough stalks. I also sometimes add breadcrumbs to the top for bonus crunch. Spicy Mac and Cheese with hatch chiles nestled throughout, then sprinkled with cool southwest toppings, is a calm-you-down and pick-me-up all rolled into one! I happened to have a stash of hatch chiles in my freezer at the time, so this green chile mac and cheese recipe came into existence.