Crock Pot Mac & Cheese with Roasted Balsamic Mushrooms and Green Beans!

Hello Blogger World! I don't know who's following me, but I'm going to post anyways! Today for dinner I have decided to make some yummy dishes that are sure to make everyone's tummy do a jump for joy!

Crockpot Mac and Cheese

• 1  1/2 cups milk
• One 12 oz can evaporated milk (I used skim, evaporated milk keeps the egg and milk from curdling)
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted, cooled to room temp
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 cups (12 oz) shredded cheese (I used an Italian blend, recipe calls for Italian fontina cheese)
• 1/2 pound elbow macaroni or mini penne tubes,  cooked and drained (cook them for about five minutes until tender but not completely cooked)
• Freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Spray crockpot with nonstick spray. Combine the first 5 ingredients in the crockpot and whisk until smooth. Add the shredded cheese, macaroni, and black pepper next. Coat evenly with a spatula. Now sprinkle the parmesan cheese on top! Cook on HIGH for 30 minutes then reduce temp to LOW and cook for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until the center is set and the pasta is tender. The pasta may sit for 30 minutes before serving on the KEEP WARM setting!

Sounds so yummy!

Roasted Balsamic Mushrooms and Green Beans

• 8 oz. mushrooms, sliced in 1/2 inch slices
• 1 lb. fresh green beans, preferably thin French style beans
• 1 1/2 T olive oil
• 1 T balsamic vinegar
• salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 450 F. Wash mushrooms and green beans off and cut to your liking! Place in a ziplock bag and coat with whisked together olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Shake or squeeze bag until mushrooms and green beans are lightly coated! Place on a cookie sheet making sure they're spread out even and cook for 20-30 min. Check for doneness. Cook until beans are tender-crisp and mushrooms are cooked. Season with salt and pepper! You can add parmesan cheese on top if you like!


Time to start cooking!  Add comments if you have different ways of cooking or extra things you add! I would love to hear back from you guys!