Odds and Ends Macaroni and Cheese
This easy recipe for odds and ends macaroni and cheese helps clean out your fridge while making a luscious creamy pasta supper at the same time!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 8 ounces short pasta (elbows, penne, campanelle, etc)
- 9 ounces baby spinach
- 3 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup flour
- 2.5 cups milk
- 8 ounces assorted cheeses, shredded or chopped depending on the cheese
Instructions
- Cook 8 ounces of your favorite short pasta (we like campanelle, but elbows or penne will work just fine!) according to package directions until tender in boiling salted water. Add 9 ounces of baby spinach and stir until wilted. Drain and set aside.
- Heat 3 tablespoons of butter in a medium pot over medium-high heat until foaming. Add ¼ cup of flour and whisk to combine, about one minute. Whisking constantly, add 2 ½ cups of milk.
- Bring mixture to a boil, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until thickened to the consistency of heavy cream, whisking occasionally.
- Turn down the heat and stir in cheeses until cheese is fully melted (if you have used cheese with the rind on it and there are pieces of rind in the sauce, you can fish them out now if you want). Add the cooked spinach and pasta and stir over medium low heat until heated through, 3-5 minutes.
Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/odd-and-ends-macaroni-and-cheese/