Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Green Mac and Cheese

Green Mac and Cheese. Green Mac 'n' Cheese. featured in Spinach Pasta Vs. This Jamie Oliver mac 'n' cheese recipe is SO good, and it's packed with gorgeous green veggies. Topped with flaked almonds for crunch and oozy EASY SWAPS: Support our British cheeses - swap Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire into this recipe in place of the Cheddar.

MUNCHIES Culinary Director, Farideh Sadeghin, shows us how to make this. What could make mac & cheese even better? Taking it on a southwestern spin with roasted green chiles, corn, and jack cheese! You can cook Green Mac and Cheese using 23 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Green Mac and Cheese

1. It's of Macaroni.
2. It's of macaroni.
3. You need of water.
4. It's of vegetable oil.
5. Prepare of salt.
6. You need of Green Paste.
7. Prepare of garlic.
8. Prepare of rosemary (2 if you fancy).
9. You need of butter.
10. Prepare of spinach (or any kinds of greens you have in your fridge).
11. You need of parsley.
12. You need of Cheese Sauce.
13. Prepare of butter.
14. It's of half-and-half.
15. It's of all purpose flour.
16. Prepare of salt.
17. You need of dried basil.
18. Prepare of pepper.
19. It's of quick-melted cheese (I use soft cheddar).
20. Prepare of Topping (optional).
21. Prepare of Butter.
22. It's of Cheese.
23. Prepare of Cream.

Here's my new favorite recipe for putting to good use garden or market green chiles—a green chile mac and cheese casserole, with corn. I made this recipe after seeing a spicy mac and cheese on TV. There was no recipe, so I just made one up. While it didn't seem very spicy to me, it came out delightfully creamy and gooey with just a hint of a kick.

Green Mac and Cheese step by step

1. Prepare all ingredients.
2. Cook the macaroni in simmering water with vegetable oil and salt until al dente (you can chew it but not 100% cooked so you won’t have overcooked macaroni on your plate later). Strain the macaroni.
3. Throw all of your green paste ingredients into food processor.
4. Make sure you have a smooth looking paste. Do not worry over the smell. It’ll taste good I promise.
5. Melt the butter on a pan to start working on the cheese sauce.
6. Pour in the half-and-half and add add the flour before the mixture start to simmer. Your mixture will start to thicken so mix it well with a whisker.
7. Add 4 tablespoonful of the green paste and mix well. Add salt, pepper, and basil. Don’t forget to taste.
8. Add the macaroni and then gently fold it in.
9. I cut my cheese into boxes (just because I hate washing cheese shredder) then add them to the pan. Fold them in gently.
10. There you have it! Your green mac and cheese. I love to add a pice of butter to my plate of pasta for some extra richness.
11. Feel free to add some cheese or both cheese and cream over your mac and cheese in a butter-lined baking dish and continue cooking it in 180 degrees Celcius oven for 10 minutes.

Leeks, broccolini and spinach add color and nutrition to this cheesy pasta, which gets a dose of crunch from a toasted almond topping. This greens mac and cheese is gooey and comforting, but also packed with good-for-you veggies like spinach and broccolini (a win-win). It's hard for us to resist a bubbling, carb-laden pan of mac and cheese, but since we always strive for balance, we're trading in the classic for Jamie Oliver's greens. This mac and cheese recipe from Jamie Oliver's latest cookbook is full of greenery—like spinach, leek, and broccolini. "Swap spinach out for any kind of exciting fresh or frozen greens, discarding any tough stalks. I also sometimes add breadcrumbs to the top for bonus crunch.