{"id":2623,"date":"2012-10-03T22:47:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T22:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2012-10-03T23:01:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T23:01:27","slug":"butternut-squash-mac-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2012\/10\/03\/butternut-squash-mac-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Butternut Squash Mac &#038; Cheese (October Unprocessed 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"width: 480px;\" data-width=\"480\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 75% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2627 lazyload\" title=\"Butternut Mac n Cheese_blog\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Butternut-Mac-n-Cheese_blog1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Butternut-Mac-n-Cheese_blog1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Butternut-Mac-n-Cheese_blog1-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mac &amp; Cheese: it\u2019s a classic. \u00a0It\u2019s creamy and comforting, and fills ya up. \u00a0It\u2019s even better when you make it with butternut squash. \u00a0Trust me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You start off with a traditional mac &amp; cheese recipe: pasta, cheese, milk, and then you add sweet butternut squash. It makes the mac &amp; cheese even creamier, and you get a great hint of sweetness in every bite. \u00a0Plus, you feel better about eating three bowlfuls of mac &amp; cheese because you know it\u2019s got squash in it\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This recipe marks the beginning of our second annual October Unprocessed! We are so happy and excited to be starting another month of unprocessed, all-natural eating! \u00a0Are you tired of eating junk food? \u00a0Looking to change things up a bit, and feel healthier in the process? Are you normally a healthy eater and want to take the next step? \u00a0I encourage you to head on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatingrules.com\/october-unprocessed-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eating Rules\u2019 site<\/a> to check out what October Unprocessed is all about!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can decide how unprocessed you want to go, too. \u00a0Here are some suggestions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make 1 meal per day in October unprocessed.<\/li>\n<li>Go unprocessed with your family for 1 whole week this month.<\/li>\n<li>Go unprocessed every weekend this month.<\/li>\n<li>Go unprocessed during the week, then enjoy a little splurging during the weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Going unprocessed is pretty easy, plus you\u2019ll feel healthier doing it! \u00a0Over 5,000 people have already joined this year\u2026wohoo!!<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff9999;\">Butternut Squash Mac &amp; Cheese<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9999;\"><em>Makes enough to serve 5-6 as a main dish<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pound pasta, cooked and drained<\/li>\n<li>2 cups peeled, cubed butternut squash<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 stick unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>2 cups half-and-half<\/li>\n<li>2 cups shredded yellow cheese<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon pepper<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon dried sage<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup bread crumbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start by cooking the butternut squash (either by boiling, roasting or microwaving) until it\u2019s fork-tender. \u00a0Let cool slightly, then puree with an immersion blender until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Pre-heat the oven to 375\u00b0, and grease a 9\u00d713 baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>While the oven is pre-heating, make the cheese sauce. \u00a0Start by melting the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk in the flour until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk in the half-and-half, cheese, butternut squash puree, salt, pepper, sage and nutmeg. \u00a0Whisk until smooth and combined.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the sauce over the cooked pasta, and stir until the pasta noodles are covered with the sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the mac &amp; cheese to the 9\u00d713 dish, and sprinkle with the bread crumbs.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 375\u00b0 for 30 minutes. \u00a0Let cool slightly before enjoying!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Original recipe by La Casa de Sweets<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creamy, comforting and perfectly sweet, this is the mac &#038; cheese that will get your kids to eat their vegetables!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[247,227,448,447],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions\/2628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}