Interestingly enough, this quick method of making macaroni and cheese yields a creamier and cheesier result than baking the mac and cheese for a long time as many recipes recommend. The bruschetta salad is a bright and healthy complement to this creamy delicious macaroni and cheese.
Macaroni & cheese and bruschetta salad
Prep time: 20 minutes
Servings: 8
1 package Macaroni
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
4 cups full fat milk
4 cups shredded Natural & Kosher cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon hot sauce
½ cup Panko crumbs
¼ cup chopped Parsley
1 cup shredded parmesan cheese or chopped Swiss cheese
Cook macaroni al dente according to package directions.
Preheat dairy oven to broil.
Melt butter, mix in flour to make a roux.
Slowly whisk milk into roux, bring to a simmer.
Whisk in cheese.
Add hot sauce.
Place cooked/al dente macaroni in baking dish and pour cheese sauce over macaroni.
Top dish with panko, parsley and parmesan cheese.
Place in oven on broil for five minutes or until top is lightly brown and crunchy.
Bruschetta salad
5 vine ripe tomatoes chopped
1 clove crushed garlic
Juice of a lemon
1 small red onion finely diced
Salt, pepper
¼ cup chopped parsley or basil
1 cup large croutons
Mix all ingredients together, top with croutons.
Tip: Use leftover challah or bread to make homemade croutons.
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Thank you! This looks great and I’ll try making it for supper. Please post more…
This is a great recipe and perfect for the 9 days, if you want to make it healthier use less cheese, brown pasta etc – whats the big deal, why the negative
We were all taught at some point that if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it. I think that it applies here, especially during the 9 days when we try to have ahavas chinum.
Always something nice and good looking.
Keep it up
L’D MADE A KUGEL WITH ORGANIC BROWN BATMATIC RICE,LUNDBERG,L ADDED ANDERSON EGGS,HIMALAYAN SALT(DR.FAIMAN’S 877-426-6104)ORGANIC ONION POWER,ORGANIC GARLIC POWER,ORGANIC OREGANO,LIGHTY STEAM VEG,ZUCCHINI,BROCCOLI,CARROTS,,EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL(BARTENURA,GLASS BOTTLE),,OIL ON THE BOTTOM OF PYREX BAKING DISH,OR TRAY, USE AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE OF ANY THING,BAKE AT 350. USUALLY FOR 45 MIN,AT LEAST UNTILL IT’S CRUSHY ON TOP, I COOK THE RICE FIRST WITH CHOPPED ONIONS,A LITTLE SALT AND OIL, WHICH WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE TO PUT TOGETHER,YUM THE RICE IS COOKED IN DISTILL WATER,WE HAVE A MACHINE
I just picked up my coppy in mooz-a restuarant in South Africa. I absolutly love it! Keep it up! You should totaly put out a recipe book, ill buy it thats for sure!
I keep referring back to my old copies of BITAYAVON for great easy tasty and healthy recipes. Now in the nine days I find it particularly helpful as I can doulble and triple most as I need.
Spell check. Either.
What comes out of your mouth is just as important as what goes in as far as health is concerned. Drop the cheese by all means but remember the consideration of others.
since when did everything have to be healthy and only suit your needs and why bash these people for working hard and making a big kidush lubavitch – you know how many people have started keeping kosher because of a magazine such as this one making kosher fun, cool and not intimdating??? as a shlucha with experience i can attest to this and have subscribed for a few of the women in our kehillah, it is amazing and credit where credit is due. Oh and did I mention that the publishers are lubavitchers in C.H. who promote shluchim around the… Read more »
Love the Bruschetta salad. Didnt try the mac and cheese yet, but hope too.
wake up, this is old news, they made this when there were no nutritional value information on the label, and no magazines and articles. Maybe updated, but still outdated. want more healthy recipes, and not wheat eather.
great idea
I made it for supper tonight and all my kids wanted seconds. Thanks for the new and different ideas!
I really enjoyed the last issue!
Really good stuff!
Bochur u sure u followed the recipe correctly? I tried it, came out really yummy. maybe come taste?
finally something my speed!!
nice idea for the nine days! the mac looks yum and the salad looks so fresh!
what does bruschetta mean!
I like the idea of the hot sauce, I love heat. Well be tring this pg
thanks though
How about any of us who have ideas for receipes for the 9 days send them in to COL for us all to try! We’re all looking for and different ideas during this period to make original meals;
So, who’s first???! please!!
when my kids will eat boiled macaroni with a squirt of ketchup and cheese.
4 CUPS of cheese for one package of macaroni? That’s one unhealthy meal!!! I would use max one cup! Do we really want to do this to our bodies?
I love this quick method and use it regularly. Thanks Bitayavon for all your timely ideas and helpful information.
just tried it dont like it