{"id":1092,"date":"2013-07-03T08:25:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T12:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suzistrauss.com\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2013-07-03T08:25:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T12:25:46","slug":"mac-cheese-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/2013\/07\/03\/mac-cheese-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac & Cheese Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mac Cheese by jspatchwork
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Mac & Cheese is a favorite comfort food of many. \u00a0I love to eat eat plain with just macaroni and cheese, but I also love to give it a little makeover and change things up a bit. \u00a0Just a few additions and you’ll have a new dish to sink your teeth into.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of ways to give your mac & cheese a makeover:<\/p>\n

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  1. Add some chicken. \u00a0You can slice it, dice it, grill, or bake it. \u00a0I like to mix in\u00a0chunks of\u00a0grilled chicken or serve it in slices along the top of the dish.<\/li>\n
  2. Add some broccoli. \u00a0I usually steam the broccoli until it is just tender and toss it in with the mac & cheese at the last minute. \u00a0I’ve even been known to blanch the broccoli in the same water the macaroni is cooking is in. \u00a0I just scoop it out after a minute or soo and let the macaroni continue to cook. \u00a0It saves time and an extra pan, and adds a little flavor to the pasta water.<\/li>\n
  3. Add some tuna. \u00a0I think about 5oz. per cup of mac & cheese is a nice ratio. \u00a0It gives a nice protein portion and really fills you up nicely. \u00a0It kind of reminds me of a tuna melt sandwich and I love it.<\/li>\n
  4. You can really go wild and add some lobster. \u00a0It’s nice to go fancy sometimes and add a tasty treat like this. \u00a0Trust me, you’ll love it.<\/li>\n
  5. Add some pureed winter squash. \u00a0You won’t even know it’s there and you’ll be getting loads of added nutrition. \u00a0My kids and husband don’t know that I regularly sneak in butternut squash to our mac & cheese. \u00a0It’s the perfect color and is nice and creamy. \u00a0To make it easy on you try adding a few containers of baby food squash, it’s the same thing and all of the work is done for you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I hope you’ll try out some of these ways to make over your mac & cheese. \u00a0What’s your favorite way to eat macaroni?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Mac & Cheese is a favorite comfort food of many. \u00a0I love to eat eat plain with just macaroni and cheese, but I also love to give it a little makeover and change things up a bit. \u00a0Just a few additions and you’ll have a new dish to sink your teeth into. Here are a … <\/p>\n

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