Noodles And Pot Cheese Recipes

CHEESE AND PASTA IN A POT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Place ground beef in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown and crumbled. Drain, excess fat, and set aside.
• Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Saute onion until soft and translucent. Stir in garlic, and cook for 30 seconds. Add cooked beef, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce and mushrooms; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes.
• In a 9x13 inch casserole dish, layer 1/2 of the pasta, 1/2 of the meat sauce, 1/2 of the sour cream and 1/2 of the shredded cheese. Repeat layers.
• Cover, and bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.

CHEESE 'N' PASTA IN A POT

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, tomatoes and mushrooms. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. , Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse with cold water. Spoon half of shells into an ovenproof Dutch oven. Layer with half of the meat mixture. Spread with 1 cup sour cream; top with provolone cheese. Layer with remaining pasta, meat mixture and sour cream; top with mozzarella cheese., Cover and bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.

CHEESY EGG NOODLES

Steps:

• Pre-heat your oven to 350 °F.Cook your pasta according to the instructions on the bag. Drain and place in a greased medium sized casserole dish.
• Cook your pasta according to the instructions on the bag. Drain and place in a greased medium sized casserole dish.
• Place the butter in a sauce pan and heat it until it's melted, then stir in the flour.
• Add in a very, VERY small amount of milk. Just enough to mix it in. Keep adding a small bit of milk at a time, constantly stirring, until you have added it all and the mixture is smooth.
• Add in 2 cups of the shredded cheese, stirring to melt it in completely.
• Once the cheese has melted and the sauce has thickened, pour over the noodles in the casserole. Top with the remaining cup of cheddar cheese.
• Bake covered in the oven for 20-25 minutes, then uncover and let the cheese melt and brown for another 10-15 minutes. Serve and enjoy!

POLISH NOODLES (COTTAGE CHEESE AND NOODLES)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in melted butter until softened, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drain and return to the pot.
• Stir butter and onion mixture, cottage cheese, sour cream, sea salt, and black pepper into the noodles. Place the pot over medium heat; cook and stir until heated through and warm, 5 to 8 minutes.

CREAMY CROCKPOT MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart slow cooker with non-stick spray.
• Rinse the uncooked pasta well in cold water and drain.
• Add uncooked pasta to crockpot along with milks, cheeses, salt, pepper, mustard, garlic and cayenne pepper. Stir to combine, making sure macaroni is submerged in liquid as much as possible.
• Dot with cubed butter.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 1 hour. Remove lid and stir. Depending on your slow cooker, your dish could be done at this point or require UP TO 1-2 more hours.
• If not done, continue cooking and checking periodically (ever half hour or so).
• When done, pasta will be tender and liquid will be thick and creamy. Sauce will thicken even more after lid is removed and mac and cheese sits.

NO BOIL CROCK-POT SLOW COOKER MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl whisk together milk, evaporated milk, salt, pepper, and paprika.
• Pour the uncooked macaroni into your 5 quart Slow Cooker. Top with butter and all cheeses.
• Pour the milk mixture on top and stir to combine.
• Do your best to press all the macaroni into the milk mixture. It won't be completely covered, this is ok.
• Cover your Slow Cooker and cook on low for 2-3 hours, stirring once after one hour.
• The mac and cheese will be done when all the liquid is absorbed and the pasta is cooked.

NOODLES AND POT CHEESE

Steps:

• Boil noodles until just tender.
• Drain, do not rinse.
• Return to cooking, off the heat, and add butter.
• Add pot cheese and salt. Mix gently but completely. You can also return noodles to pot and brown them before mix with cheese. If you do this, increase butter by one more tablespoon.

NOODLES AND POT CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook the bacon until crisp (Not Burnt).
• Save the Bacon fat.
• Place the bacon on a paper towel and set aside.
• When the Bacon is cooled and crisp, Chop it into small pieces.
• Slice the butter into 1tbsp size pieces.
• In a Large Pot cook the pasta as per package instructions.
• Drain the pasta (do not rinse).
• Put the pasta back into the pot.
• Add the butter.
• Add 2 tbsp of Bacon fat.
• Add the Farmer Cheese.
• Add in the bacon, salt and pepper.
• Mix together until the butter is melted and the cheese has become infused with the pasta.
• Serve it up hot, also good cold.