Best 8 Macaroni And Cheese With A Twist Recipes

MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH A TWIST

Steps:

• 1. Cook pasta in boiling salted water for 6 minutes; drain and set aside.
• 2. In a medium saucepan combine cornstarch, salt, pepper, and dry mustard; stir in milk until smooth. Add butter, worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil over medium-high heat and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup of sharp cheddar and 1 cup pepper jack cheeses until melted.
• 3. Add macaroni and turn into 2-quart casserole that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Combine remaining cheeses and bread crumbs. Sprinkle on top.
• 4. Bake in 350* oven for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.

WISCONSIN FIVE-CHEESE BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni, and cook until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain.
• In a large bowl, toss together the mozzarella cheese, Swiss cheese, Parmesan cheese and Provolone cheese. Remove about 1/2 cup for topping and set aside. In a separate bowl, stir together the ricotta cheese, sour cream and heavy cream. Season with parsley, Italian seasoning and garlic salt.
• Pour the ricotta cheese mixture and drained macaroni into the bowl with the cheeses and toss lightly. Do not mix too thoroughly, it's better left messy. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the reserved cheese over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes, then turn the oven to broil. Broil for about 5 minutes to brown the top.

MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH A TWIST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly spray a 2 1/2 quart caserole dish with cooking spray.
• Heat oil in a pan over medium heat, and saute the onion until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Place onions in a blender or food processor with the milk, tofu, lemon juice, miso, hot sauce, turmeric, and salt and pepper.
• Process until well blended.
• Take a taste and adjust any of the seasonings as needed, then set aside.
• Cook rotini in a large pot of boiling salted water until just under al dente (I'd say about 6-7 minutes).
• Drain pasta and add the sauce from the blender and half of the grated cheese.
• Combine well.
• Place pasta into the caserole dish, and top with the breadcrumbs and the remaining cheese.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake until the top is lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes longer.
• Let sit about 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH A TWIST

Steps:

• Drain cooked macaroni noodles. Add all other ingredients. Mix well.
• Put macaroni mixture in a buttered 13x9 inch pan.
• Topping: Put one sleeve of Ritz crackers in a zip loc bag and crush.Spread the crushed crackers over the top of the macaroni mixture. Drizzle 1/2 stick of melted butter all over the top.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Good with ham, turkey, chicken, pork or alone! Note: you can use more or less bell pepper to suite your taste. I always use the red bell peppers in this recipe not pimentos. I also love onions so if you want to use a small onion, that would work.

FAMILY-FAVORITE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Cook and drain macaroni as directed on package.
• While macaroni is cooking, melt butter in 3-quart saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constanly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in cheese. Cook, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted.
• Gently stir macaroni into cheese sauce.
• Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole. Bake uncovered 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly.

SWISS MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Add the cheese, salt and pepper. Drain macaroni. Add to cheese mixture; toss gently to coat.

MACARONI SALAD WITH A TWIST

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta, and cook until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain pasta, but do not rinse. Let stand 5 minutes.
• To make the dressing, combine the mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, mustard, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Set aside.
• Combine the onion, celery, bell pepper, carrots, and ham in a large bowl. Stir in the dressing. Add the pasta and toss gently to blend all ingredients. Chill at least 4 hours before serving.

TRIPLE CHEESE TWISTS

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, saute onion and garlic in 4 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in the flour until blended. Gradually add milk and broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in cheeses until melted., Melt the remaining butter; stir in bread crumbs and Italian seasoning. Drain pasta; toss with cheese sauce. Sprinkle with seasoned bread crumbs.