The end result was incredible! We ate the entire dish in 3 days. Once that was done, I topped with shredded cheese (just like all of my casseroles) and popped it into the oven to bake. One it thickened a bit (it doesn’t need to be super thick for a cheese sauce – the cheese will make it really thick!), I removed from the heat and added the shredded cheese.Īt this point, I poured the cooked pasta and all of the sauce into the casserole dish and just mixed everything around until it was fully combined. Once fully combined, I slowly added milk and continued to stir to ensure that nothing was burning. If you didn’t know, cream sauces are incredibly easy to make! I melted the butter in the pot and then whisked in the flour. A roux is a mixture of equal parts flour and butter and are very commonly used in cream sauces. Those will just get tossed with the cooked pasta as is! Once the While I was waiting for my mushrooms and bacon to come off of the stove, I cut up my tomato and green onions. I cut the entire package up with scissors and threw them into the pan until they were crispy! Of course, please cook your bacon before combining as well. I’m not a fan of raw mushrooms, so I gave them a quick fry in a pan first. Although this dish goes into the oven for a final bake, the mushrooms won’t cook enough in the pasta that way. I cooked the mushrooms before combining them with the rest of my ingredients. I like mac and cheese as much as the next person, but today isn’t about mac and cheese. If you remove the chipotle seasoning, it literally just becomes mac and cheese. The pasta is basically a mac and cheese with tons of goodies. The main thing with this pasta is that you cannot skip the chipotle seasoning. On a whole, this meal is a little more expensive than what I normally cook (cheese and bacon are definitely not the cheapest ingredients to buy), however, I can make 6 batches of this pasta for the price of one serving in a restaurant (not to name names, but this pasta is highly reminiscent of a dish from Boston Pizza…) Everything in moderation! Plus, I did my FIFTH yoga class of the week before eating this, so I think that deserves rewarding! That usually just leads to worse food decisions in the future. I don’t believe in forbidding myself from eating food that I crave. But every so often, I crave something decadent and delicious. I’m also hitting a point in my life where someone has to take care of my health, and that person is me. I grew up in a home with homecooked meals, so that’s what feels the most normal to me. I try to keep the food coming out of my kitchen fairly healthy.
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