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  • Serves 6
  • 30 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 10 Ingredients

25 Comments

Super easy and quick dinner, lunch or lunchbox meal and is super adaptable. I sometimes blend through spinach, carrot or broccoli as well for an added veggie boost.


Ingredients (serves 6)

  • 500g Butternut pumpkin cubed
  • 500g Pasta of choice
  • 1 teaspoon Vegeta stock powder
  • 2 tablespoon Bega Cashew Butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon Minced garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ground sage
  • 1/4 teaspoon Rosemary
  • Pinch Nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoon Lemon juice
  • Sprinkle Cheese for topping

Method

  1. Steam cubed pumpkin until very soft and overcooked around 15-20 minutes. Cook pasta as per packet instructions
  2. Put cooked pumpkin in blender along with all other ingredients (but not the pasta) and blend until smooth.
  3. When the pasta is cooked stir the pumpkin mixture through until well combined
  4. Serve up and top with cheese and veggies

  • Great idea to add a vegetable to Mac and cheese. I also sometimes add mushrooms too

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  • A tasty twist on a family fave!

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  • Ooh, a twist on Mac and Cheese. A great addition.

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  • I do love the idea of the extra vegetables in this pasta dish, and it sounds so easy to do. The one thing I wouldn’t use is the Vegeta Stock Powder. There are many other stock powders put there to use as a substitute, but Vegeta contains monosodium glutamate which doesn’t do anybody any good really.

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  • Doesn’t sound cheesy enough for me!

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  • This sounds great. I love making a pumpkin base pasta sauce and can only imagine this would be delicious too. What a smart idea.

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  • Always nice to find good recipes with veg the kids may eat.

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  • Yum! This is a great recipe for the cooler weather.

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  • All I can say is yummy yummy ????yummy ????

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  • Ooooo yum pumpkin in max n cheese! Could this be any better! All of the delicious comfort food

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  • Love having hidden veg in Mac n Cheese

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  • I’ve never had a pumpkin flavoured mac and cheese before – it looks absolutely delish and just perfect for this cold and rainy weather we’ve been having lately.

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  • I love pumpkin! This seems so simple.

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  • This looks really good. Might have to try it tonight!

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  • Yum! I love pumpkin and putting it in Mac n cheese sounds awesome!

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  • This sounds healthy without actually looking too healthy, so I might try make this and see if my kids will eat it without any trouble. I love hidden ways to get healthy stuff into my kids!

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  • This sounds so easy, yummy and healthy. I’m always looking for healthy options, will definitely try this one.

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  • Sounds like a healthy option. Will try this for my grandson.

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  • love pumpkin, thanks for sharing.:-)

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  • A nice pasta recipe ! I love the addition of cashew butter, which is tongue tickling yummie !

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