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Green Well Mac-n-Cheese

Prepping ahead is key in this recipe, once you start cooking it you just basically throw it all together.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Equipment

  • 1 large skillet
  • 1 pot for cooking pasta

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup diced ham
  • 4 slices bacon cooked and cut into pieces or crumbled
  • 2 cups roast chicken, shredded I use a store bought roasting chicken.
  • 2 cups sliced, mini portobello mushrooms whatever you have on hand will work
  • 2 cups snow peas
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 1/2 tbsp minced garlic approximately 2 cloves
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
  • 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
  • 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar
  • 1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 pound cavatappi ridged pasta pasta with ridges hold on to the cheese sauce
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil chiffonaded
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • boil noodles, per box directions (al dente=not too done) and drain, reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water
  • fry bacon, while that’s frying dice your ham and pull your chicken
    add chicken, bacon and ham into large skillet oven medium heat, to heat through.
  • Add mushrooms about 3 minutes until mushrooms start to brown
    add tomatoes, peas, thyme and garlic cook for a minute until garlic warms up and tomatoes start to pop.
  • Add all the cheese to meat and vegetables, pour in heavy cream allow about 30 second for cheese to start to melt then with a big rubber spatula, fold together, being careful not to break up tomatoes.
  • add in cooked noodles and basil gently stir to coat, if it seems to thick or gloppy add in pasta water a little at a time until you get the perfect consistency.
  • taste and add salt if needed, I find I do not need to add salt because of the salty bacon and cheeses, however I do add a few cracks of fresh ground pepper.
Keyword bacon, cheese, chicken, Green Well, ham, mac-n-cheese, macaroni, vegetables
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