Mac and Cheese with Hidden Veggies

4.84 from 12 votes

Mac and Cheese with Hidden Veggies

This super easy and delicious Mac and Cheese with Hidden Veggies is a great way to help your kids eat some extra vegetables and they will love it too. It's freezer friendly and can also be made in a Thermomix.

Prep Time30

Cook Time30

Total Time1

Calories: 0kcal

Ingredients

100 g of tasty cheese
60 g of parmesan cheese
1.2 litres 1200g of water
150 g pumpkin - peeled
250 g sweet potato - peeled
1 zucchini approximately 150g
200 g shaved ham - roughly chopped
300 g macaroni
50 g plain flour
500 g milk
40 g butter
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

Grate the tasty and parmesan cheeses and set aside until needed.
Roughly chop the peeled pumpkin and sweet potato as well as the zucchini (you can also peel this if you want to) into small cubes (no bigger than 2cm) and place in a steaming basket to cook for 7 minutes, or until soft and cooked through.
In the meantime, place the macaroni into a large saucepan with boiling water and cook as per the packet instructions. Once cooked, drain and place into a large bowl.
Blitz the steamed vegetables with a stick blender (or you can also mash them) and add them to the bowl with the cooked macaroni.
Place the butter, flour, milk, nutmeg, garlic powder and grated cheeses to a saucepan and cook over a medium high heat while whisking continuously until the mixture begins to thicken, this should only take a couple of minutes.
Add the shaved ham and cheese sauce to the bowl with the macaroni and vegetables and gently stir to combine - serve.

Notes

This can be served as a side dish (will serve 6) or as a meal on it's own (will serve 4).
You can omit the ham to make this recipe vegetarian

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