Mac & Cheese with Butternut Squash and Kale

Name: Mac & Cheese with Butternut Squash and Kale
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: butternut squash; garlic; olive oil; cheese; butter; flour; milk; black pepper; nutmeg; salt; pasta; kale

Serves 1

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Mac & Cheese with Butternut Squash and Kale

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Serves 1

Directions

1Cut the butternut squash in half lengthwise.
2Scoop out the seeds from the butternut squash.
3Place the butternut squash halves and a whole head of garlic into a baking dish.
4Drizzle olive oil over the butternut squash and garlic.
5Grate cheese into a pile.
6Melt butter in a pot.
7Add flour to the melted butter and stir to combine, creating a roux.
8Pour milk into the roux while stirring.
9Add grated cheese to the milk mixture and stir until melted and smooth.
10Bring water to a boil in a separate pot.
11Add pasta to the boiling water.
12Remove the roasted butternut squash and garlic from the oven.
13Scoop out the flesh of the butternut squash into a bowl.
14Squeeze the roasted garlic into the bowl with the butternut squash.
15Mash the butternut squash and garlic with a fork.
16Add the mashed butternut squash and garlic to the cheese sauce.
17Season with black pepper, grated nutmeg, and salt.
18Stir everything together until well combined.
19Pour the butternut squash cheese sauce over the cooked pasta.
20Stir to coat the pasta evenly.
21Add chopped kale to the pasta mixture.
22Stir the kale into the pasta mixture until combined.
23Transfer the pasta mixture to a casserole dish.
24Top with more grated cheese.
25Bake until golden and bubbly.
26Serve and enjoy.

Ingredients

butternut squash
garlic
olive oil
cheese
butter
flour
milk
black pepper
nutmeg
salt
pasta
kale

Equipment

knifecutting boardbaking dishgraterpotwooden spoonbowlforkcasserole dish

Tips

Kale is optional.

Mac & Cheese with Butternut Squash and Kale

Serves 1

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Mac & Cheese with Butternut Squash and Kale

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Serves 1

Directions

1Cut the butternut squash in half lengthwise.
2Scoop out the seeds from the butternut squash.
3Place the butternut squash halves and a whole head of garlic into a baking dish.
4Drizzle olive oil over the butternut squash and garlic.
5Grate cheese into a pile.
6Melt butter in a pot.
7Add flour to the melted butter and stir to combine, creating a roux.
8Pour milk into the roux while stirring.
9Add grated cheese to the milk mixture and stir until melted and smooth.
10Bring water to a boil in a separate pot.
11Add pasta to the boiling water.
12Remove the roasted butternut squash and garlic from the oven.
13Scoop out the flesh of the butternut squash into a bowl.
14Squeeze the roasted garlic into the bowl with the butternut squash.
15Mash the butternut squash and garlic with a fork.
16Add the mashed butternut squash and garlic to the cheese sauce.
17Season with black pepper, grated nutmeg, and salt.
18Stir everything together until well combined.
19Pour the butternut squash cheese sauce over the cooked pasta.
20Stir to coat the pasta evenly.
21Add chopped kale to the pasta mixture.
22Stir the kale into the pasta mixture until combined.
23Transfer the pasta mixture to a casserole dish.
24Top with more grated cheese.
25Bake until golden and bubbly.
26Serve and enjoy.