I can't believe it's been nearly a week since I posted, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Ours was lovely, I really enjoyed having the kids home from school and spending the extra time with them.
Our black friday tradition isn't shopping, we spend that day putting up the Christmas tree and decorating. A quick casserole type dish is the perfect no-fuss meal for a busy day like that. And something simple is just what I needed after the massive amount of cooking I did for Thanksgiving. My kids love macaroni and cheese (who doesn't?), but I know it's not the healthiest meal. I found this recipe when surfing the web awhile back, and thought it was pure genius to add squash to mac and cheese. After all, it's creamy and the color matches perfectly.
I made a number of changes to the original recipe. I needed to increase it for my large family, the original recipe serves two. I did not have cottage cheese on hand and wasn't going shopping, and I wanted my squash haters to eat it and enjoy it. So I decided to increase the amount of cheese and it worked. I intend to gradually cut back on the cheese and healthy it up more, a little at a time.
April 17, 2024
