gluten free mac and cheese in a crock pot

#GLUTEN FREE MAC AND CHEESE IN A CROCK POT PLUS#

I have tested this recipe and it is delicious. My Great Aunt's version, taken from the Best of Both Worlds Cookbook Cover with the remaining cheese and cook on low for 3 hours. Mix in the uncooked pasta and pour into the crock pot (that you sprayed well with cooking spray). Like the milk, add a little at a time making sure the cheese melts before adding more. Once you have the constancy of thin (but not runny) gravy, turn the stove down to a simmer and add your cheese.

If your milk is not thickening, turn up the heat a little bit. Each time you add milk, be sure to whisk out the lumps before adding more milk. Whisk in the flour until you have the consistency of thin peanut butter. Over medium heat, melt the butter in a large skillet.

#GLUTEN FREE MAC AND CHEESE IN A CROCK POT PLUS#

The richer the milk, the richer the sauce)Ģ cups shredded cheese, plus extra to sprinkle on top (I like a mixture of cheese, but cheddar works) Just make sure you taste the sauce before adding more salt)ģ Tbsp flour (Bob's Red Mill for gluten free) If you don't have a crock pot, just pour it into a baking dish and bake it in a 425 degree oven for 20-30 minutes until brown and bubbly.ġ box of pasta (Ancient Harvest Quinoa & Corn or Tinkyada are some good Gluten Free options)Ĥ Tbsp butter (whatever you have. I have taken my recipe for cheese sauce (no one says you cant use less milk/flour/butter and pepper jack cheese instead and call it queso) and used it as I would tomato sauce in a crock pot lasagna or baked ziti. This recipe is almost identical to oven baked macaroni and cheese. The pasta will absorb some of the liquid, so you end up with more of a casserole than a pasta dish with sauce. Since I hate having to clean an extra pot, I like dumping my pasta, sauce and whatever veggies or meat I have into a crock pot and calling it dinner. In case you were wondering, it is absolutely possible to cook raw (uncooked pasta) in a crock pot. My Version aka 'just toss some stuff in the crock pot and call it mac and cheese' Since everyone's opinion of macaroni and cheese varies, I recommend giving these a test run before you try them on a large crowd. So, I am going to post the 2 cook book recipes and my recipe. However, it looks like a hybrid of the other recipe and what I would throw together in the crock pot and call it macaroni (yep, that is a Yankee Doodle reference :). Having not tried the crock pot recipe, I can't honestly say what it will taste like.

The other was written by the crock pot people. Therefor, I consulted a few of my cookbooks to come up with a good recipe. To be honest, despite my love of the crock pot and my almost obsessive love of macaroni and cheese, I rarely make macaroni and cheese in the crock pot. Recently I got a request for Crock Pot Macaroni and Cheese.

Gluten free mac and cheese in a crock pot