Hey all! Hope you're having a great week. I'm not sure if it's the change in the weather OR that I'm feeling slightly UNDER the weather lately, but I have been craving COZY foods (aside from today, when it's HOPEFULLY going to be the last day of 90-degree weather till 2017!) and vegetables. Vegetables like CRAZY! I was full on craving roasted brussel sprouts the other day and I would NOT say that unless it was VERY true because...umm...super random, no??
Well, I'm bringin back this great recipe to share with you for the Collingswood blog project today because it fits all the bills: cozy, comforting and packed with healthy veggies. BOOYA! I present...
FARMER'S MARKET MAC & CHEESE!
Weeeeeeeee! Fun right? Plus, what a happy way to use up a bunch of veggies I had on hand, right??
Oh yeah...and some bacon! (because WHY NOT??) The first thing I did was add bacon (You only need 2 strips for this recipe. I crisped up some extra to use today in another recipe) and some cherry tomatoes to a baking sheet to toss in the oven at 350 while I got to working. In the 30 minutes while I cooked on the stove top, these guys were doin their thing in the oven.
While the baking was well under way, I took another bunch from the LOAVES & FISHES pile of peppers that just NEVER seems to diminish! Every time I think I'm going to polish them up, they just seem to MULTIPLY in that bag!
Anyway, I lopped off the tops, pulled out the seeds, chopped em into chunks and took the easy route and just pulsed em in the food processor until chopped.
I just could NOT bear the thought of standing around dicing all of these (AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!), so THANK YOU FOOD PROCESSOR!
I tossed em into a pan coated with olive oil cooking spray and let them saute for a couple minutes...
Next, I de-eared 3 ears of fresh corn and added that to the pan and let everything cook for a couple more minutes...
Next, I got my pasta cooking up, removed the pepper & corn to a plate and got to working on the cheese sauce right in the same pot...
- Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the pan on medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of flour and whisk that together for 2 minutes until toasted.
- Add 1 cup chicken broth & 1 cup 1% milk and whisk until combined with the flour. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
- Add 2 cups cheese and swirl until melted.
Next, add your cooked pasta and the corn & peppers and stir to combine.
By now, the bacon was crisped and the tomatoes were warm and SLIGHTLY caramelized...
Top your Mac with some bacon & tomatoes and chow down!
This dish was ULTRA creamy & dreamy studded with lots of fresh taste from the corn & peppers. And don't even get me started on how much I LOVEDDDD the bites of tomato mixed in. It just gave it that extra UMPH.
Oh yeah...and the bacon. I mean, come on? Do I even need to tell you that was a divine addition?
Hope you guys try this one out soon and let me know what you think! Have a great day.
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