When Morningstar Farms says "lose the fat, not the flavor," what do you think of as far as the flavor of the food? I used to think that it was all TOFU and I wanted nothing to do with it!
Wow was I ever wrong. I had the following products and LOVED THEM ALL! One in particular is the meal that John basically made that I started. Without his help in this I would have been totally stuck for time. We had a party and I needed to decorate for the event! Due to privacy to our party goers on the Internet, we are not actually showing the party pictures. But I will show pictures of the meal and my husband who worked so hard on helping me with this meal.
We start with Michael Symon's Mac 'N' Cheese recipe and then we start tweaking it with the Morningstar Farms food products using:
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| MorningStar
Farms® Veggie Bacon Strips |
and
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| Morningstar
Farms® Meal Starters® Grillers® Recipe Crumbles™ |
Michael Symon's Mac 'N' Cheese Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Bacon (diced)
- 3 tablespoons All Purpose flour
- 1 Onion (diced)
- 1 Butternut squash (peeled and diced)
- 2 Cloves Garlic (minced)
- 1 Quart Half & Half (plus 3 cups)
- 1 Pinch Nutmeg
- 1 Bunch Parsley (chopped)
- 1 Pound Rigatoni
- 1 Cup Gruyere
- 1 Cup Marscarpone
- 2 Cups Bread Crumbs
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ingredients 1 Pound Rigatoni
instructions Bring 6 quarts of
water to boil in a large pot. Add 2 table spoons of salt. Cook the
rigatoni in boiling water until tender. Drain, then set aside.
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ingredients 1 Pound Bacon (diced)
1 Onion (diced)
1 Butternut squash (peeled and diced)
2 Cloves Garlic (minced)
1 Quart Half & Half (plus 3 cups)1 Pinch Nutmeg
1 Cup Gruyere
1 Cup Marscarpone
3 tablespoons All Purpose flour
instructions Cook bacon until
crisp. Sweat onion, butternut squash, and garlic in pan until
translucent, then add flour to pan to make roux. Slowly pour in half and
half while mixing, and bring mixture to simmer. Add in 1/2 of the
gruyere and nutmeg, and constantly stir until all of the cheese is
melted. Add the marscarpone and mix until melted and combined. Add the
cooked rigatoni and toss pasta until it’s well mixed in the cheese
mixture.
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ingredients 1 Bunch Parsley (chopped)
2 Cups Bread Crumbs
instructions In a medium mixing
bowl, toss bread crumbs, remaining gruyere and parsley. Sprinkle the
bread crumb mixture over the casserole and bake at 375-400F for 5-8
minutes (until the top is golden brown).
and then you come up with:
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| Mac N Cheese with Morningstar Farms products |
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Thanking the major CHEF JOHN!
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| My husband John with the 2 casseroles that this recipe made! Enough for 12 people. |
We are pleased to say that there are left-overs for us. With this cold weather that we've been having
here at the beach this winter, a solid MEATLESS MEAL is just what we need! We're planning on using the MorningStar
Farms® Veggie Bacon Strips for breakfast soon and also the Morningstar Farms®
Meal Starters® Grillers® Recipe Crumbles™ for an incredible portabello mushroom
meal that Carolyn makes. That's me!
We ended the evening with a game where they won coupons for
the Morningstar Farms products and that was a big hit! A number of them have promised to have the
group back together in their houses now before summer arrives and we are all
grilling! Of course we can always grill
the burgers that Morningstar Farms makes.
YES, every person I spoke with in person or communicated
with online mentioned in this BzzReport knows that I'm a BzzAgent and that I
received a product sample, coupon, collateral or other special premium from
BzzAgent.
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